View source for Limosella ← Limosella You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Limosella |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=2: 631. 1753 |year=1753 }} |common_names=Mudwort |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Scrophulariaceae;Limosella |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Scrophulariaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Limosella]]</div></div> |etymology=Latin limosus, full of mud, and -ella, diminutive, alluding to habitat |volume=Volume 17 |mention_page=page 324, 325 |treatment_page=page 338 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form or habitat;whole_organism growth form or habitat;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> annual [perennial], aquatic or paludal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stolon presence">stolons present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem architecture;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>stoloniferous, prostrate or ascending, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf position;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>basal, opposite, sometimes rosulate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="stipule presence">stipules absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="petiole presence;petiole presence">petiole present or absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="blade texture;blade texture;blade texture;blade texture;margin architecture or shape">blade fleshy or not, leathery or not, margins entire.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="inflorescence position;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary, flowers solitary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="bract presence">bracts absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="pedicel presence"><b>Pedicels </b>present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="bracteole presence;bracteole presence">bracteoles present or absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower reproduction"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower location">chasmogamous flowers emergent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="sepal atypical quantity;sepal quantity;calyx architecture or shape;calyx shape;lobe shape">sepals [4] 5, calyx radially or slightly bilaterally symmetric, campanulate, lobes lanceolate to triangular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="petal atypical quantity;petal quantity;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla architecture or shape;corolla shape;corolla architecture or shape;abaxial lobe quantity;adaxial lobe quantity">petals [4] 5, corolla white, pink, pale-purple, or lavender, slightly bilaterally symmetric, campanulate, not saccate, abaxial lobes 3, adaxial 2;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen fusion;stamen architecture;stamen variability;filament pubescence;staminode presence">stamens 4, adnate near mouth of corolla, didynamous or equal, filaments glabrous, staminode 0;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form;ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary 2-locular proximally, 1-locular distally, placentation free-central;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="stigma shape;stigma shape">stigma capitate or slightly 2-lobed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="fruits capsule shape;fruits capsule dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>capsules, ellipsoid to globular, dehiscence septicidal.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="seed quantity;seed coloration;seed shape;seed shape;wing presence"><b>Seeds </b>3–200, yellow to dark-brown, fusiform or cylindric, wings absent.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=nearly worldwide |discussion=<p>Species 15 (2 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Interpretations of morphological and molecular data place Limosella in Scrophulariaceae near the African genera formerly classified as Manuleae Bentham & Hooker f. (P. Kornhall and B. Bremer 2004). Limosella is in need of revision; the characters often used for identification are variable or difficult to observe.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=lourteig1964a |text=Lourteig, A. 1964. Étude sur Limosella L. Publ. Comité Natl. Franç. Rech. Antarct. Biol. 1: 165–173. }} }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Corolla lobes acute; stamens attached at different levels; styles 0.2–0.4 mm; leaf blades spatulate to linear; young leaves with auriculate sheaths at bases. |[[Limosella aquatica|Limosella aquatica]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Corolla lobes rounded; stamens attached at same level; styles 1 mm; leaf blades linear to filiform; young leaves with tapering sheaths at bases. |[[Limosella australis|Limosella australis]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Limosella |author=Kerry A. Barringer |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Scrophulariaceae |illustrator=Barbara Alongi |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association |distribution=nearly worldwide |reference=lourteig1964a |publication title=Sp. Pl. |publication year=1753 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V17/V17_33.xml |genus=Limosella |abaxial lobe quantity=3 |adaxial lobe quantity=2 |blade texture=not;leathery;not;fleshy |bract presence=absent |bracteole presence=absent;absent |calyx architecture or shape=symmetric |calyx shape=campanulate |corolla architecture or shape=not saccate;symmetric |corolla coloration=lavender;pale-purple;lavender;pale-purple;pink;white |corolla shape=campanulate |filament pubescence=glabrous |flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |flower location=emergent |flower reproduction=chasmogamous;bisexual |fruits capsule dehiscence=septicidal |fruits capsule shape=ellipsoid;globular |inflorescence position=axillary |leaf arrangement=rosulate;opposite |leaf position=basal |lobe shape=lanceolate;triangular |margin architecture or shape=entire |ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=1-locular;2-locular |pedicel presence=absent |petal atypical quantity=4 |petal quantity=5 |petiole presence=absent;absent |seed coloration=yellow;dark-brown |seed quantity=3;200 |seed shape=cylindric;fusiform |sepal atypical quantity=4 |sepal quantity=5 |stamen architecture=didynamous |stamen fusion=adnate |stamen quantity=4 |stamen variability=equal |staminode presence=absent |stem architecture=stoloniferous |stem orientation=ascending;prostrate |stem pubescence=glabrous |stigma shape=2-lobed;capitate |stipule presence=absent |stolon presence=absent |whole_organism duration=annual |whole_organism growth form=herb |whole_organism growth form or habitat=paludal;aquatic |wing presence=absent }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Scrophulariaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Scrophulariaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Limosella.