- Family: Lythraceae J.St.-Hil.
Lythrum L.
This genus is accepted, and is native to Europe, Pakistan, Africa, Southern America, Northern America and Asia-Temperate..
[FTEA]
Lythraceae, B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1984
- Habit
- Perennial or annual herbs, rarely subshrubby
- Leaves
- Leaves decussate, verticillate or alternate
- Flowers
- Flowers 4–6(–8)-merous, regular or obscurely irregular, often di- or trimorphic, axillary, solitary or in cymes, sometimes congested into raceme-like “terminal” inflorescences
- Calyx
- Calyx tubular or ± campanulate, the sinus-appendages obvious or ± obsolete
- Corolla
- Petals mostly conspicuous, rarely lacking
- Stamens
- Stamens (1–)4–12, inserted near base of tube, some or all exserted, the ventrals and dorsals often inserted at different heights
- Pistil
- Ovary ± sessile, oblong or ovoid, incompletely bilocular; ovules numerous; style usually well developed, rarely almost lacking; stigma capitate
- Fruits
- Capsule 2-valved; valves sometimes ± bilobed, membranous to ± coriaceous
- Seeds
- Seeds 8 to numerous.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Habit
- Herbs, rarely ± shrubby
- Leaves
- Leaves sometimes whorled or alternate
- Flowers
- Flowers axillary, in cymes or solitary, sometimes congested into raceme-like terminal inflorescences, 4–6(–8)-merous, occasionally obscurely zygomorphic, often heterostylous
- Hypanthium
- Hypanthium campanulate or cylindrical; sinus-horns present or not
- Corolla
- Petals usually large, rarely absent
- Stamens
- Stamens (1–)4–12
- Ovary
- Ovary incompletely 2-celled, ovules numerous, style usually well developed
- Fruits
- Capsule 2-valved, often 2-lobed
- Seeds
- Seeds 8–many, small.
- Distribution
- A subcosmopolitan genus of about 40 species.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil South, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Corse, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hungary, Illinois, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Juan Fernández Is., Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Malawi, Manchuria, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Mexico, New York, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaïre
Introduced into:
Argentina South, Arkansas, California, Cape Provinces, Chile South, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Zealand North, Norfolk Is., Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Washington
- Lythrum acutangulum Lag.
- Lythrum alatum Pursh
- Lythrum album Kunth
- Lythrum americanum Mill.
- Lythrum anatolicum Leblebici & Seçmen
- Lythrum baeticum Gonz.Albo
- Lythrum borysthenicum (M.Bieb. ex Schrank) Litv.
- Lythrum breviflorum S.Watson
- Lythrum bryantii Brandegee
- Lythrum californicum Torr. & A.Gray
- Lythrum curtissii Fernald
- Lythrum flagellare Shuttlew. ex Chapm.
- Lythrum flexuosum Lag.
- Lythrum gracile Benth.
- Lythrum hyssopifolia L.
- Lythrum intermedium Fisch. ex Colla
- Lythrum junceum Banks & Sol.
- Lythrum komarovii Murav.
- Lythrum lineare L.
- Lythrum linearifolium Small
- Lythrum linifolium Kar. & Kir.
- Lythrum lydiae Sytin
- Lythrum maritimum Kunth
- Lythrum nanum Kar. & Kir.
- Lythrum ovalifolium (A.Gray) Shuttlew. ex Koehne
- Lythrum paradoxum Koehne
- Lythrum portula (L.) D.A.Webb
- Lythrum rotundifolium Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Lythrum salicaria L.
- Lythrum schelkovnikovii Sosn.
- Lythrum silenoides Boiss. & Noë
- Lythrum theodori Sosn.
- Lythrum thesioides M.Bieb.
- Lythrum thymifolia L.
- Lythrum tribracteatum Salzm. ex Spreng.
- Lythrum virgatum L.
- Lythrum volgense D.A.Webb
- Lythrum vulneraria Aiton ex Schrank
- Lythrum wilsonii Hewson
Lythrum L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 446 (1753)
Accepted by
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.
Literature
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. G. Gilbert & M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Koehne in E.P. IV. 216: 58 (1903)
- Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 205 (1754)
- Sp. Pl.: 446 (1753)
Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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