| Lilaeopsis | |
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| Lilaeopsis occidentalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apioideae |
| Tribe: | Oenantheae |
| Genus: | Lilaeopsis Greene |
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Lilaeopsis is a genus of several species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. Known commonly as grassworts or microswords. L. brasiliensis is used as a decorative plant for the foreground of aquaria.
Species list
There are currently 12 accepted species of Lilaeopsis:[1]
- Lilaeopsis schaffneriana
- Lilaeopsis attenuata
- Lilaeopsis brisbanica
- Lilaeopsis carolinensis – Carolina grasswort
- Lilaeopsis chinensis – Eastern grasswort
- Lilaeopsis mauritiana
- Lilaeopsis minor (syn. 'L. brasiliensis)
- Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiae'
- Lilaeopsis occidentalis – Western grasswort
- Lilaeopsis masonii – Mudflat quillplant, (historic species, Syn. of L.occidentalis)
- Lilaeopsis polyantha
- Lilaeopsis ruthiana
- Lilaeopsis schaffneriana
- Lilaeopsis tenuis
References
- ↑ ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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- Affolter, J. M. 1985. A monograph of the genus Lilaeopsis (Umbelliferae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 6:38.
- Gitte Petersen, James Affolte, A New Species of Lilaeopsis (Apiaceae) from Mauritius, Novon, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Spring, 1999), pp. 92–94 - describing L. mauritiana
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