Contains 4 genera and 8 accepted taxa overall.
This family is completely databased for all specimens.
Characteristics
LINDERNIACEAE
Dicot
Classification
LAMIALES
LINDERNIACEAE
Genera
| Genus | Common Name | Taxa Count | Herbarium Specimens | Photos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnaya | 1 | |||
| Lindernia | FALSE PIMPERNEL | 3 | ||
| Micranthemum | MUDFLOWER | 2 | ||
| Torenia | TORENIA | 2 |
[Family identification key]
1. Most or all leaves clearly toothed (if leaves sessile, then blade with 8-20 pairs of teeth); fertile stamens 4
2
1. Most or all leaves entire to subentire, any teeth few and obscure, sparingly a minority of leaves have conspicuous teeth, or sometimes with 1-5 pairs of conspicuous teeth and leaves sessile to subsessile (in L. dubia or L. monticola); fertile stamens 2 (staminodes 0 or 2)
3
2. Petioles absent or reduced, 0-1(2) mm long; leaf blade margin dentate-aristate; pedicels 1-5 mm long; calyx not winged or scarcely so …
2. Petioles more or less distinct, (1)2-14 mm long; leaf blade margin crenate-dentate to dentate, teeth sometimes mucronate; pedicels 5-25 mm long; calyx conspicuously winged …
3. Leaf blades linear-lanceolate, ovate, to orbicular, 4-40 mm long; pedicels (0.5)2-40(52) mm long; stamens 2 and staminodes 2 …
3. Leaf blades narrowly lance-elliptic to spatulate or uniformly suborbicular, 1-6 mm long; pedicels 0-2 mm long; stamens 2, staminodes absent …