Welcome to the world of Linderniaceae

Linderniaceae is one of the updated family after the proposed by APG III which was seperated from Scrophulariaceae. The family is distributed mostly in tropical regions of the Old and New World. This family comprise of 14 genera, viz. Artenema (4 spp.), Bonnaya (12 spp.), Chamaegigas (1 sp.), Craterostigma (25 spp.), Crepidorhopalaon (30 spp.), Hartliella (4 sp.), Hemiarrhena (1 sp.), Legazpia (1 sp.), Lindernia (30 spp.), Liderniella (16 spp.), Micranthemum (14 spp.), Picria (1 sp.), Pierranthus (1 sp.), Schizotorenia (2 spp.), Scolophyllum (3 spp.), Stemodiopsis (6 spp.), Torenia (51 spp.) and Vandellia (52 spp.) [1]&[2]. 

References

  1. R. Rahmanzadeh, Müller, K., Fischer, E., Bartels, D., and Borsch, T., “The Linderniaceae and Gratiolaceae are further lineages distinct from the Scrophulariaceae (Lamiales)”, Plant Biology, vol. 7, pp. 67–78, 2005.
  2. E. Fischer, Schäferhoff, B., and Müller, K., “The phylogeny of Linderniaceae–the new genus Linderniella, and new combinations within Bonnaya, Craterostigma, Lindernia, Micranthemum, Torenia and Vandellia”, Willdenowia-Annals of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, vol. 43, pp. 209–238, 2013.

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