Samolus
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Samolus (Brookweed, or water pimpernel) is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of about a dozen species of water-loving herbs. It was formerly treated as part of the Primulaceae or Theophrastaceae, but is now often placed in its own family, the Samolaceae. [1][2]
- Species
The last complete taxonomic treatment of this genus[3][4] recognizes the following species:
- Samolus cinerascens
- Samolus dichondrifolius
- Samolus ebracteatus
- Samolus junceus
- Samolus porosus
- Samolus pyrolifolius
- Samolus repens
- Samolus junceus
- Samolus spathulatus
- Samolus subnudicaulis
- Samolus vagans
- Samolus valerandi
Samolus valerandi is native to a very wide area across Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas; the other species have more restricted ranges.
[edit] References
- ^ Kubitzki, K., Flowering Plants (v. 6): Dicotyledons - Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales. ISBN: 3540065121
- ^ Caris P.L. and Smets E.F., A floral ontogenetic study on the sister group relationship between the genus Samolus (Primulaceae) and the Theophrastaceae, American Journal of Botany. 2004;91:627-643
- ^ Crusio, W.E. Het geslacht Samolus L., Communications of the Dutch Waterplant Society. 1982;2:13-25.
- ^ Crusio, W.E. Notes on the genus Samolus L. (Primulaceae), Communications of the Dutch Waterplant Society. 1984;6:13-16.
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