7532.000 Limnophila R. Br.

Fischer, E. (1999) Scrophulariaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Congo-Kinshasa, Rwanda & Burundi) Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial, aquatic or marsh herbs. Stems erect or creeping and rooting at the nodes. Submerged leaves laciniate, pinnatifid; aerial leaves opposite to whorled, entire, laciniate or pinnately-divided. Flowers solitary, axillary or in terminal spikes or racemes. Corolla 5-lobed, 2-lipped. Stamens 4, included, didynamous. Style filiform. Capsule ellipsoid to spherical.

Worldwide: c. 35 species in the Old World tropics and subtropics.

DRC: 5 taxa.

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Species	Botanical divisions	Content
barteri Skan	IV
ceratophylloides (Hiern) Skan	III,IV,V,XI	Description, Image
dasyantha (Engl. & Gilg) Skan	III,IV,XI
fluviatilis A.Chev.	IV,XI
indica (L.) Druce	XI	Description, Image

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