Limnophila (plant)

Limnophila
Limnophila aromatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Tribe: Gratioleae
Genus: Limnophila
R.Br.
Type species
Limnophila gratioloides
R.Br.
Species

About 40 – see text

Synonyms
  • Diceros Lour.
  • Bonnayodes Blatt. & Hallb.
  • Cybbanthera Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
  • Honottia Rchb.
  • Hydropityon C.F.Gaertn.
  • Tala Blanco
  • Terebinthina Rumph. ex Kuntze
  • Ambulia Lam.

Limnophila is a genus of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae. It is distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Species are known commonly as marshweeds.