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7926.000 Hygrophila
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: 3 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| abyssinica (Hochst. ex Nees) T.Anderson | Description, Image |
| okavangensis P. G. Mey. | |
| pilosa Burkill | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Hygrophila:
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Flora of Botswana: HygrophilaFlora of Malawi: Hygrophila
Flora of Mozambique: Hygrophila
Flora of Zambia: Hygrophila
Flora of Zimbabwe: Hygrophila
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): HygrophilaFlora Zambesiaca web site: Hygrophila
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Hygrophila
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hygrophila
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Hygrophila
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