Limeum

Limeum is a genus of flowering plants. It includes 25 species.

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GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderCaryophyllales
FamilyLimeaceae

Native toAngola, Botswana, Burkina, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini

Observations recorded6,836

General: . The species of Limeum so far examined lack both anthocyanins

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taxon name: Limeum
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=6832
Commons category: Limeum

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Limeum is a genus of flowering plants. It includes 25 species.

The genus Limeum was traditionally recognized as belonging to the family Molluginaceae, but is now treated as the sole genus in the monotypic family Limeaceae. The family is newly recognized through research by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III system to deal with long-standing phylogenetic difficulties in placing various genera within the Caryophyllales. Limeum comprises subshrub and herbaceous species native to tropical, eastern and southern Africa, and South Asia. Previously, the genus Macarthuria from Australia was also placed here, but it now is found to belong to Macarthuriaceae.