- Liparophyllum
Taxobox
name = "Liparophyllum"
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Asterales
familia =Menyanthaceae
genus = "Liparophyllum"
species = "L. gunnii"
binomial = "Liparophyllum gunnii"
binomial_authority = Hook.f. 1847"Liparophyllum" is a
monotypic genus of aquaticflowering plant s in the familyMenyanthaceae . The name "Liparophyllum" comes from the Greek words "liparos", meaning "fat, shiny or oily", and "phyllon", meaning "leaf". They are rhizomatous wetland plants with alternate linear leaves.Flower s occur singly, and are five-parted and white."Liparophyllum gunnii" occurs only in
New Zealand andTasmania .
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