Ornduffia Explained

Ornduffia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menyanthaceae, native to Australia. Aquatic or wetland herbs, they were split off from Villarsia in 2009.^[1]

Species

Currently accepted species include:^[2]

• Ornduffia albiflora (F.Muell.) Tippery & Les
• Ornduffia calthifolia (F.Muell.) Tippery & Les
• Ornduffia marchantii (Ornduff) Tippery & Les
• Ornduffia parnassiifolia (Labill.) Tippery & Les
• Ornduffia reniformis (R.Br.) Tippery & Les
• Ornduffia submersa (Aston) Tippery & Les
• Ornduffia umbricola (Aston) Tippery & Les

Notes and References

1. 10.1093/aob/mcw182 . A low-altitude mountain range as an important refugium for two narrow endemics in the Southwest Australian Floristic Region biodiversity hotspot . 2017 . Keppel . Gunnar . Robinson . Todd P. . Wardell-Johnson . Grant W. . Yates . Colin J. . Van Niel . Kimberly P. . Byrne . Margaret . Schut . Antonius G. T. . Annals of Botany . 119 . 2 . 289–300 . 27634576 . 5321060 .
2. Web site: Ornduffia Tippery & Les . . 2017 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 16 August 2020 .