Limosella australis R.Br.

First published in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 443 (1810)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Great Britain (Wales), Bioko, S. Tropical Africa to W. Cape Prov., Australasia, America, Subantarctic Islands. It is an annual or helophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil South, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Connecticut, Crozet Is., Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Falkland Is., Great Britain, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kerguelen, Labrador, Maine, Malawi, Marion-Prince Edward, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Northern Territory, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, Peru, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Virginia, Western Australia, Zimbabwe

Extinct in:

Delaware

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • Broughton, D.A. & McAdam, J.H. (2005). A checklist of the native vascular flora of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): New information on the species present, their ecology, status and distribution. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 132: 115-148.
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (2014-continuously updated). Atlas of Living Australia http://www.ala.org.au/.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2019). Flora of North America North of Mexico 17: 1-737. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gremmen, N.J.M. (1982). The vegetation of the Subantarctic islands Marion and Prince Edward: 1-149. Dr W. Junk publishers. The Hague, Boston, London.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 1-544.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Kliment, J., Turis, P. & Janišová, M. (2016). Taxa of vascular plants endemic to the Carpathian Mts. Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 88: 19-76.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1972). Flora Europaea 3: 1-370. Cambridge University Press.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 29, 2023 Christenhusz, M.J.M.; Shaw, A.; Márquez-Corro, J.I.; Leitch, I. [MC9604] United Kingdom K001527228 Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Nuttall, T. [s.n.] United States K000961580 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Mueller, F.J.H., von [s.n.] Australia K000961588 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Mandon, G. [469] Bolivia K000959915 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Welwitsch, F.M.J. [s.n.] Austria K000961581 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Mueller, F.J.H., von [s.n.] Australia K000961589 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Spruce, R. [5752] K000202487 No
Jan 1, 1964 Mandon, G. [469] Bolivia K000959916 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1964 s.coll. [s.n.] Canada K000961582 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Menzies, A. [s.n.] K000961579 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gunn, R.C. [1996] Australia K000961587 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harvey [534] South Africa Limosella coerulea K000379600 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burchell [1341_1.] South Africa Limosella coerulea K000379601 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0