Lindernia Explained
The genus Lindernia is a group of plants in the family Linderniaceae. They are native to warm regions in both the Eastern and Western Hemisphere.[1]
The genus name of Lindernia is in honour of Franz Balthasar von Lindern (1682–1755), French doctor and botanist in Strasbourg and also university botanical garden director.[2]
Lindernia consists of 30 species in its most recent circumscription.[3] Some species have become available commercially for use in home aquariums and aquascaping, such as L. rotundifolia.[4]
Species list
- Lindernia alsinoides
- Lindernia alterniflora
- Lindernia benthamii
- Lindernia brachyphylla
- Lindernia bryoides
- Lindernia capensis
- Lindernia crustacea
- Lindernia conferta
- Lindernia congesta
- Lindernia dubia
- Lindernia grandiflora
- Lindernia hyssopioides
- Lindernia jiuhuanica
- Lindernia lemuriana
- Lindernia linearifolia
- Lindernia madagascariensis
- Lindernia madayiparensis
- Lindernia manilaliana
- Lindernia microcalyx
- Lindernia minima
- Lindernia monroi
- Lindernia monticola
- Lindernia natans
- Lindernia paludosa
- Lindernia parviflora
- Lindernia procumbens
- Lindernia rotundata
- Lindernia rotundifolia
- Lindernia srilankana
- Lindernia tridentata
- Lindernia viguieri
Notes and References
- http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States
- Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.
- Fischer . Eberhard . Schäferhoff . Bastian . Müller . Kai . December 2013 . The phylogeny of Linderniaceae — The new genus Linderniella, and new combinations within Bonnaya, Craterostigma, Lindernia, Micranthemum, Torenia and Vandellia . Willdenowia . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin . 43 . 2 . 209–238 . 10.3372/wi.43.43201 .
- Web site: Farmer, George . Relax with this 100 gallon Jungle Aquascape . YouTube . 15 November 2023 . 19 March 2021 . Zero minutes and 53 seconds.