Limeum Explained

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.[1] [2] 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.[3]

Species list

Limeum contains the following species:[4]

Notes and References

  1. Crawley. S. S.. Hilu, K. W. . Impact of missing data, gene choice, and taxon sampling on phylogenetic reconstruction: the Caryophyllales (angiosperms). Plant Systematics and Evolution. 10 November 2011. 298. 2. 297–312. 10.1007/s00606-011-0544-x. 254059682 .
  2. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group . 2009 . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III . Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society . 161 . 2 . 105–121 . 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x . free . 10654/18083 . free .
  3. Christenhusz. Maarten J.M.. Brockington. Samuel F.. Christin. Pascal-Antoine. Sage. Rowan F.. On the disintegration of Molluginaceae: a new genus and family (Kewa, Kewaceae). Phytotaxa. 8 October 2014. 181. 4. 238–243. 10.11646/phytotaxa.181.4.4.
  4. Web site: Limeum L. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . 2022-04-14 . Plants of the World Online . en.

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