Lilaeopsis
| Lilaeopsis | |
|---|---|
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| Lilaeopsis occidentalis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Lilaeopsis Greene |
| Species | |
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Lilaeopsis genus of several species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae.Known commonly as grassworts. L. brasiliensis is used as a decorative plant for the foreground of aquaria.
Species include:
- Lilaeopsis brasiliensis syn. Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiae
- Lilaeopsis carolinensis - Carolina grasswort
- Lilaeopsis chinensis - Eastern grasswort
- Lilaeopsis masonii - Mudflat quillplant
- Lilaeopsis occidentalis - Western grasswort
- Lilaeopsis schaffneriana
References
- Affolter, J. M. 1985. A monograph of the genus Lilaeopsis (Umbelliferae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 6:38.
- Gitte Petersen, James Affolte, A New Species of Lilaeopsis (Apiaceae) from Mauritius, Novon, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Spring, 1999), pp. 92-94 - describing L. mauritiana