Hygrophila (plant)

For freshwater snails in the clade Hygrophila, see Hygrophila (gastropod).

Hygrophila
Hygrophila polysperma in an aquarium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Subfamily: Acanthoideae
Tribe: Ruellieae
Genus: Hygrophila
R.Br. (1810)
Species[1]

77; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Adenosma Nees (1832), nom. illeg.
  • Asteracantha Nees (1832)
  • Cardanthera Buch.-Ham. ex Benth. (1847)
  • Eberlea Riddell ex Nees (1847)
  • Hemiadelphis Nees (1832)
  • Kita A.Chev. (1950)
  • Nomaphila Blume (1826)
  • Oryzetes Salisb. (1818)
  • Physichilus Nees (1837)
  • Plaesianthera Livera (1924)
  • Polyechma Hochst. (1841)
  • Santapaua N.P.Balakr. & Subr. (1964)
  • Synnema Benth. (1846)
  • Tenoria Dehnh. & Giord. (1832), nom. illeg.

Hygrophila, commonly known as swampweeds,[2][3] is a genus of flowering plants in the acanthus family, Acanthaceae. There are about 80[4] to 100[5][6] species, of which many are aquatic plants. The genus is distributed across the tropical and subtropical world.[4][5] It is one of only two genera in its family that contains aquatic plants, the other being Justicia. The genus is treated in the tribe Hygrophileae, which is noted as being in need of revision at the genus level, meaning the current taxonomic boundaries of Hygrophila are likely to change in the future.[7]

  1. ^ a b Hygrophila R.Br. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  2. ^ Hygrophila. USDA PLANTS.
  3. ^ Hygrophila. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  4. ^ a b Hygrophila. Flora of Pakistan.
  5. ^ a b Hygrophila. Flora of China.
  6. ^ Hài, Đ. V. and D. Đ. Huyến. (2012). New record of species Hygrophila episcopalis R. Ben. (R. Ben.) (Acanthaceae) for the flora of Vietnam. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Journal of Biology 34(2), 187-89.
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