familyButomaceae
genusButomus
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Butomus
Sp. Pl. 1: 372. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5; 174, 1754.
Common names: Flowering-rush
Etymology: Greek butomos/butomon, marsh plant from Greek bous, cow, and temno, to cut referring to sharp leaves, known or believed to cut mouths of cattle
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.
| Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
|---|---|---|
 | Hydrocleys nymphoides Butomus umbellatus Limnocharis flava |
Plants in fresh-water to 2 m deep. Leaves emersed, submersed, or floating; blade triangular proximally, flattened distally. Inflorescences overtopping leaves; scape trianglular; bracts 3, subtending umbel. Flowers: tepals light pink-purple with darker purple veins; stamens in 2 cycles, outer cycle of 3 pairs opposite outer tepals, inner cycle of 3 opposite inner tepals; anthers ovoid; pistils pink. Fruits leathery, beaked.
Distribution
Introduced; North America, Eurasia
Discussion
Species 1.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
... more about "Butomus"
4-loculed +
dehiscing +
ovoid +
absent +
Flowering-rush +
straight +
absent +
pedicellate +
hypogynous +
bisexual +
beaked +
leathery +
bracteate +
opposite +
true +
parallel +
sessile +
sheathing +
basal +
translucent +
absent +
opposite +
1-loculed +
pink +
coherent +
laminar +
Sp. Pl. +
1754 +
not septate +
clear +
mature +
distinct +
Butomus +
Butomaceae +
genus +
light pink-purple +
persistent +
scarious +
scapose +
darker purple +
perennial +
glabrous +