Lilaeopsis

Lilaeopsis is a genus of several species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. Known commonly as grassworts or microswords. L. brasiliensis is used as a decorative plant for the foreground of aquaria.

Lilaeopsis
Lilaeopsis occidentalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Oenantheae
Genus: Lilaeopsis
Greene
Species

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Species include:

References

    • Affolter, J. M. 1985. A monograph of the genus Lilaeopsis (Umbelliferae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 6:38.
    • Gitte Petersen, James Affolte, A New Species of Lilaeopsis (Apiaceae) from Mauritius, Novon, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Spring, 1999), pp. 92–94 - describing L. mauritiana


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