Limnophyton

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Alismataceae
Genus: Limnophyton
Species: L. angolense – L. fluitans – L. obtusifolium
Name

Limnophyton Miq., 1855.

Type species: Limnophyton obtusifolium (L.) Miq.

Synonyms

Dipseudochorion Buchenau, 1865.

Limnophyton obtusifolium

References

Miquel, F.A.W., 1855: Flora van Nederlandsch Indie, iii. 242.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Limnophyton. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Limnophyton. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 15 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Limnophyton in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 15.
Tropicos.org 2018. Limnophyton. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 15.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Limnophyton. .

Limnophyton is a genus in the family Alismataceae.[1] It includes five species from the Old World tropics. Three species are recognized as of May 2014:[2]
Species

Limnophyton angolense Buchenau in H.G.A.Engler - tropical Africa from Liberia to Sudan to Botswana
Limnophyton fluitans Graebn. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
Limnophyton obtusifolium (L.) Miq. - Africa from Liberia to South Africa; Madagascar; India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), Vietnam,, Indonesia

References

Wilhelm, Miquel, Friedrich Anton (1855-01-01). "Flora van Nederlandsch Indië /". 3. C. G. van der Post; [etc.]
"World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2016-08-11.