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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 Malawi: 7 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| abyssinica (Hochst. ex Nees) T.Anderson | C,S | Description, Image |
| cataractae S. Moore | N,C | Description, Image |
| didynama (Lindau) Heine | N | Description, Image |
| pilosa Burkill | N,C | Description, Image |
| pobeguinii Benoist | N,S | |
| schulli (Buch.-Ham.) M.R. Almeida & S.M. Almeida | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| spiciformis Lindau | N,C | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Hygrophila:
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Flora of Botswana: HygrophilaFlora of Caprivi: Hygrophila
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Hygrophila
Flora of Mozambique: Hygrophila
Flora of Zambia: Hygrophila
Flora of Zimbabwe: Hygrophila
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): HygrophilaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hygrophila
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hygrophila
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Hygrophila
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Hygrophila
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hygrophila
JSTOR Plant Science: Hygrophila
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hygrophila
Plants of the World Online: Hygrophila
Tropicos: Hygrophila
Wikipedia: Hygrophila
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