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Villarsia
Sign in to saveVillarsia is a genus of aquatic flowering plants in the family Menyanthaceae. The genus is named for the French botanist Dominique Villars (1745–1814). Villarsia are wetland plants with basal leaves. The inflorescence is a branched panicle with numerous flowers. Flowers are five-parted, either yellow or white, and the petals are adorned with wings. A number of its Australian species were reassigned to Ornduffia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyMenyanthaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 49
- With media
- 15
- Family
- Menyanthaceae
- Collections
- MICH, RSA, MEL, PUC-RS
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Australia, South Africa, Brasil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Menyanthaceae
- Image
- Villarsia capensis Cape Bogbean.JPG
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- Category:Villarsia
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Encyclopedic overview
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Villarsia is a genus of aquatic flowering plants in the family Menyanthaceae. The genus is named for the French botanist Dominique Villars (1745–1814). Villarsia are wetland plants with basal leaves. The inflorescence is a branched panicle with numerous flowers. Flowers are five-parted, either yellow or white, and the petals are adorned with wings. A number of its Australian species were reassigned to Ornduffia.
Villarsia is largely restricted to Australia, but some species are found in Southeast Asia, and V. capensis and others exist in South Africa. The geographic distribution of species is given below:
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Villarsia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.