7926.000 Hygrophila R.Br.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves opposite, ovate to linear, entire, sessile. Flowers solitary or in axillary clusters, bisexual, zygomorphic. Bracts resembling leaves. Bracteoles 0. Calyx deeply 5-lobed, sometimes one lobe longer and broader than the others. Corolla 2-lipped, tube cylindric below, upper lip 2-lobed with lobes recurved, lower lip 3-lobed, lobes sometimes reflexed. Stamens 4, didynamous. Fruit a linear capsule.

Worldwide: c. 25 species in the tropics

Caprivi: 4 cultivated taxa.

The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:

Junonia orithya (Eyed pansy)

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Species	Content
pobeguinii Benoist
schulli (Buch.-Ham.) M.R. Almeida & S.M. Almeida	Description, Image
spiciformis Lindau	Description, Image
uliginosa S.Moore

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Flora of Botswana: Hygrophila
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Flora of Malawi: Hygrophila
Flora of Mozambique: Hygrophila
Flora of Zambia: Hygrophila
Flora of Zimbabwe: Hygrophila

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hygrophila
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hygrophila
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hygrophila
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Tropicos: Hygrophila
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