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You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Limnobium |accepted_authority=Richard |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Memoires de la Classe des Sciences Mathematiques et Physiques de L'Institut National de France |place=12(2): 66. 1814 |year=1814 }} |common_names=American frog-bit |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Hydrocharitaceae;Limnobium |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Hydrocharitaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Limnobium]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek limnobios, living in pools |volume=Volume 22 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>perennial, of fresh waters.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="rhizome presence"><b>Rhizomes </b>absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stolon growth form or location;stolon architecture;stolon architecture;stolon architecture;stolon height or length or size">stolons floating on or suspended in water, rooted or not, unbranched, short.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf position;leaf location;leaf location;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>basal, emergent or floating, petiolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;base shape;base shape;apex shape">blade elliptic to orbiculate, base reniform or cordate, apex obtuse to acuminate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade coloration;surface architecture or pubescence or relief;leaf location;tissue architecture;leaf growth form or location">midvein without rows of lacunae along sides, blade uniform in color throughout, abaxially surface without prickles, smooth on emergent leaves or with aerenchymous tissue on floating leaves;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="intravaginal squamule architecture or shape">intravaginal squamules entire.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>cymose, sessile or short-pedunculate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="spathe architecture">spathe not winged.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower architecture;flower architecture;flower location;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>unisexual, staminate and pistillate on same plants, emersed, pedicellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="petal coloration">petals greenish white to yellowish.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower architecture;filament length"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: filaments connate at least ½ their length;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="flower architecture;anther shape">anthers elongate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="flower architecture">pollen in monads.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="flower architecture;ovary architecture or structure in adjective form;ovary architecture or structure in adjective form"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: ovary 1-locular, falsely 6–9-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="flower architecture;style quantity;style shape">styles 3–9, 2-fid nearly to base.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="fruit shape;fruit architecture or pubescence or relief;fruit shape;fruit dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>ellipsoid to spheric, smooth to ridged, dehiscing irregularly.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="seed shape;seed architecture;hair shape;hair shape"><b>Seeds </b>ellipsoid, echinate, covered with blunt cylindric hairs.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;Central America;South America |discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=cook1983a |text=Cook, C. D. K. , and K. Urmi-König. 1983. A revision of the genus Limnobium including Hydromystria (Hydrocharitaceae). Aquatic Bot. 17: 1--27. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=d1981a |text=Díaz-Miranda, D., D. Philcox, and P. Denny. 1981. Taxonomic clarification of Limnobium Rich. and Hydromystria G. W. F. Meyer (Hydrocharitaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 83: 311--323. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=hunziker1981a |text=Hunziker, A. T. 1981. Hydromystria laevigata (Hydrocharitaceae) en el centro de Argentina. Lorentzia 4: 5--8. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=hunziker1982a |text=Hunziker, A. T. 1982. Observaciones biológicas y taxonómicas sobre Hydromystria laevigata (Hydrocharitaceae). Taxon 31: 472--477. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=wilder1974a |text=Wilder, G. J. 1974. Symmetry and development of Limnobium spongia (Hydrocharitaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 61: 624--642. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Limnobium |authority=Richard |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Hydrocharitaceae |distribution=North America;Central America;South America |reference=cook1983a;d1981a;hunziker1981a;hunziker1982a;wilder1974a |publication title=Memoires de la Classe des Sciences Mathematiques et Physiques de L'Institut National de France |publication year=1814 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/62857cf6bca5c4637d27b113da92d27dbf9962f4/V22/V22_238.xml |genus=Limnobium |anther shape=elongate |apex shape=obtuse;acuminate |base shape=cordate;reniform |blade coloration=uniform |blade shape=elliptic;orbiculate |filament length=connate |flower architecture=pistillate;pistillate;staminate;staminate;staminate;pedicellate;pistillate;staminate |flower location=emersed |flower reproduction=unisexual |fruit architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth |fruit dehiscence=dehiscing |fruit shape=ridged;ellipsoid;spheric |hair shape=cylindric;blunt |inflorescence architecture=short-pedunculate;sessile;cymose |intravaginal squamule architecture or shape=entire |leaf architecture=petiolate |leaf growth form or location=floating |leaf location=emergent;floating;emergent |leaf position=basal |ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=6-9-locular;1-locular |petal coloration=greenish white;yellowish |rhizome presence=absent |seed architecture=echinate |seed shape=ellipsoid |spathe architecture=not winged |stolon architecture=unbranched;not;rooted |stolon growth form or location=floating |stolon height or length or size=short |style quantity=3;9 |style shape=2-fid |surface architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth |tissue architecture=aerenchymous |whole_organism duration=perennial |whole_organism growth form=plant }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Hydrocharitaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Hydrocharitaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Limnobium.