Limnophyton
Genus of aquatic plants
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Limnophyton is a genus in the family Alismataceae.[1] It includes five species from the Old World tropics. Three species are recognized as of May 2014:[2]
| Limnophyton | |
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| Limnophyton obtusifolium | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Alismataceae |
| Genus: | Limnophyton Miq. |
| Type species | |
| Limnophyton obtusifolium (L.) Miq. | |
| Species | |
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See text | |
Species
- Limnophyton angolense Buchenau in H.G.A.Engler - tropical Africa from Liberia to Sudan to Botswana
- Limnophyton fluitans Graebn. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
- Limnophyton obtusifolium (L.) Miq. - Africa from Liberia to South Africa; Madagascar; India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), Vietnam, Indonesia
