Limnocharis

Limnocharis is a genus of plants in the family Alismataceae, native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America) but naturalized in China, India, and Southeast Asia as well. Two species are recognized as of May 2014:[2]

  • Limnocharis flava (L.) Buchenau[3] - most of generic range
  • Limnocharis laforestii Duchass. ex Griseb[4] - from Mexico to Argentina

Limnocharis
Limnocharis flava
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Limnocharis
Humb. & Bonpl.[1]

References
  1. Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt & Aime Jacques Alexandre Bonpland. 1807. Plantae Aequinoctiales 1: 116
  2. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  3. Buchenau, Franz Georg Philipp. 1869. Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereine zu Bremen 2: 2,4.
  4. Berthold, Seemann; G., Seemann, Wilhelm E.; Naturforscher., Kaiserlich Leopoldinisch-Carolinische Deutsche Akademie der (1858-01-01). "Bonplandia". j.6 (1858). C. Rmpler. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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