Liparophyllum

Liparophyllum
Illustration of Liparophyllum gunnii Hook.f. from J. D. Hooker, Flora Tasmaniae, vol. 1 (1860)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Menyanthaceae
Genus: Liparophyllum
Hook.f.
Species

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Liparophyllum is a genus of aquatic flowering plants in the family Menyanthaceae. The name Liparophyllum comes from the Greek words liparos, meaning "fat, shiny or oily", and phyllon, meaning "leaf". They are rhizomatous wetland plants with alternate linear leaves. Flowers occur singly, and are five-parted and white.

Selected species

  • L. capitatum (Nees) Tippery & Les
  • L. congestiflorum (F.Muell.) Tippery & Les
  • L. exaltatum (Sol. ex Sims) Tippery & Les
  • L. exiguum (F.Muell.) Tippery & Les
  • L. gunnii Hook.f. (type)
  • L. lasiospermum (F.Mueller) Tippery & Les
  • L. latifolium (Benth.) Tippery & Les
  • L. violifolium (F.Muell.) Tippery & Les
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