7926.000 Hygrophila R.Br.

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:
Junonia orithya (Eyed pansy)
Hygrophila schulli

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
abyssinica (Hochst. ex Nees) T.AndersonC,SDescription, Image
cataractae S. MooreN,CDescription, Image
didynama (Lindau) HeineNDescription, Image
pilosa BurkillN,CDescription, Image
pobeguinii Benoist N,S
schulli (Buch.-Ham.) M.R. Almeida & S.M. AlmeidaN,C,SDescription, Image
spiciformis LindauN,CDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Hygrophila:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Hygrophila
Flora of Caprivi: Hygrophila
Flora of Mozambique: Hygrophila
Flora of Zambia: Hygrophila
Flora of Zimbabwe: Hygrophila

External websites:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Hygrophila
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Hygrophila
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Hygrophila
Wikipedia: Hygrophila
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hygrophila
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Hygrophila

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Malawi: Genus page: Hygrophila.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1326, retrieved 1 April 2023

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