Limnophila sessiliflora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Plantaginaceae
Tribus: Gratioleae
Genus: Limnophila
Species:

Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl, 1820) Blume, 1826
- Type locality: India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Japan, Sri Lanka

Homotypic
- Stemodia sessiliflora (Vahl) F.Muell. in Syst. Census Austral. Pl.: 97 (1882)
- Stemodiacra sessiliflora (Vahl) Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 758 (1898)
- Terebinthina sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 468 (1891)
- Hottonia sessiliflora Vahl in Symb. Bot. 2: 36 (1791)
- Ambulia sessiliflora (Vahl) Baill. ex Wettst. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 73 (1891)
Heterotypic
- Benjaminia glabra Benj. in Linnaea 20: 761 (1847)
- Limnophila griffithii Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 4: 271 (1884)
- Limnophila taoyuanensis Y.P.Yang & S.H.Yen in Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 38: 287 (1997)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-temperate
- Regional: Indian subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Taiwan
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Nansei-shoto
- Regional: Southeastern Asia
  - Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
- Introduced into:
  - Bolivia, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Marianas, Sierra Leone, Texas

Blume, C.L. 1826 ["1825"]. Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië. 14 de Stuk. Pp. 731–850. Ter Lands Drukkerij, Batavia. BHL Reference page. : 750.

Riehl, R. & Baensch, H.A. 2001. Atlas de l’aquarium. 14th edition, volume 1, p. 90–91. ISBN 3-88244-049-X. Reference page.

International Plant Names Index. 2025. Limnophila sessiliflora. Published online. Accessed: July 25 2025. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Limnophila sessiliflora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 July 25. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Limnophila sessiliflora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 July 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Limnophila sessiliflora in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.