Lysimachia

Contains 6 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Lysimachia L.
MYRSINACEAE
LOOSESTRIFE
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Species of Anagallis (and a few other genera) are now included in Lysimachia (Manns & Anderberg 2009).
Classification
ERICALES
Lysimachia
Citation
LYSIMACHIA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 146. 1753.
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TYPE: Lysimachia vulgaris L. Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 2: 710. 1913.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Lysimachia arvensis SCARLET PIMPERNEL Not Native
Lysimachia ciliata FRINGED LOOSESTRIFE Native FACW (NWPL) OBL (DEP)
Lysimachia lanceolata var. hybrida LOWLAND YELLOW LOOSESTRIFE Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP)
Lysimachia lanceolata var. lanceolata LANCELEAF LOOSESTRIFE Native FAC (NWPL) OBL (DEP)
Lysimachia minima CHAFFWEED Native
Lysimachia ovalis FLORIDA PIMPERNEL Native FAC (DEP)
[Family identification key]
1.  Larger leaves 0.5-3 cm long
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1.  Larger leaves 4-18 cm long
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2.  Pedicel 0-1 mm long
L. minima
2.  Pedicels 2.5-35 mm long
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3.  Pedicel 3-35 mm long, recurved in fruit; calyx 3.5-6 mm long, equaling or shorter than the corolla; petals (2)3-7(10) mm long
L. arvensis
3.  Pedicel 2.5-4 mm long, erect in fruit; calyx 1.5-3 mm long, equaling or longer than the corolla; petals 1.4-2.3 mm long
L. ovalis
4.  Leaf blades broadly lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 1.5-6.5 cm wide; petioles ciliate the entire length
L. ciliata
4.  Leaf blades narrowly elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, to linear-lanceolate, 0.2-3 cm wide; petioles ciliate proximally or the entire length
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5.  Leaf blades glabrous at base, lanceolate to ovate, rounded to cuneate basally; sepals conspicuously veined; fruit 4-6.5 mm wide
L. lanceolata var. hybrida
5.  Leaf blades pubescent at base, lanecolate to linear, cuneate basally; sepals not conspicuously veined; fruit 2-5 mm wide
L. lanceolata var. lanceolata
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Alsinanthemum Alsinanthemum Fabricius, Enum. 98. 1759. TYPE: = Trientalis Linnaeus 1753.
Anagallidastrum Anagallidastrum Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 230. 1763. TYPE: = Centunculus Linnaeus 1753.
Anagallis Anagallis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 148. 1753. TYPE: Anagallis arvensis Linnaeus 1753. Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 2: 716. 1913.
Asterolinon Asterolinon Hoffmannsegg & Link, Fl. Portug. 1: 332. 1813-1820. TYPE: Asterolinon stellatum Hoffmannsegg & Link, nom. illegit. (Lysimachia linum-stellatum Linnaeus)
Asterolinon Asterolinon Hoffmannsegg & Link, Fl. Portug. 1: 332. 1813-20. TYPE: Asterolinon stellatum Hoffmannsegg & Link 1813-1820, nom. illeg. (Lysimachia linum-stellatum Linnaeus 1753.)
Borissa Borissa Rafinesque, Ann. Gen. Sci. Phys. 7: 193. 1821. TYPE: = Asterolinon Hoffmannsegg & Link 1813-1820.
Centunculus Centunculus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 116. 1753. TYPE: Centunculus minimus Linnaeus 1753.
Coxia Coxia Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 733. 1839. TYPE: Lubinia atropurpurea Link & Otto 1822.
Ephemerum Ephemerum Reichenbach, Fl. Germ. Excurs. 409. 1831, non Hampe 1837 (nom. cons.), nec Miller 1754 (nom. rej.). TYPE: = Lerouxia Merat de Vaumartoise 1812.
Euparea Euparea Banks & Gaertner ex Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 230, t. 50. 1788. TYPE: Euparea amoena Gaertner 1788.
Glaux Glaux Linnaeus, Sp. Pl.: 207. 1753. TYPE: Glaux. maritima Linnaeus 1753.
Godinella Godinella (Lestibudois) Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 9: 343. 1840. BASIONYM: Lysimachia Linnaeus, sect. Godinella Lestibudois, Bot. Belg. 2: 194. 1827. TYPE: Non designatus.
Jirasekia Jirasekia F. W. Schmidt, Neue Selt. Pfl. 49. 1793. TYPE: Jirasekia alpina F. W. Schmidt 1793.
Lerouxia Lerouxia Mérat de Vaumartoise, Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris 77. 1812. TYPE: Lerouxia nemorum (Linnaeus) Mérat de Vaumartoise 1812. (Lysimachia nemorum Linnaeus 1753.)
Lubinia Lubinia Commerson ex Ventenat, Descr. Pl. Nouv. pl. 96. 1803. TYPE: Lubinia spathulata Ventenat 1803, nom. illegit. (Lysimachia mauritiana Lamarck 1792; Lubinia mauritiana (Linnaeus) Sprengel 1824.)
Lysimandra Lysimandra (Endlicher) Reichenbach, Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch 124. 1841. BASIONYM: Lysimachia Linnaeus, sect. Lysimandra Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 732. 1839. TYPE: = Steironema Rafinesque 1821.
Micropyxis Micropyxis Duby, in de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 71. 1844. TYPE: Non designatus.
Naumburgia Naumburgia Moench, Suppl. Meth. 23. 1802. TYPE: Naumburgia guttata Moench 1802, nom. illegit. (Lysimachia thyrsiflora Linnaeus 1753; Naumburgia thyrsiflora (Linnaeus) Reichenbach 1830.)
Nummularia Nummularia Hill, Brit. Herb. 65. 1756. TYPE: Non designatus.
Numularia Numularia Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 297, 300. 1821. TYPE: Numularia sylvatica Gray 1821, nom. illegit. (Lysimachia nemorum Linnaeus 1753.) = Lerouxia Mérat de Vaumartoise 1812.
Palladia Palladia Moench, Methodus 429. 1794, non Lamarck 1792. TYPE: Palladia atropurpurea (Linnaeus) Moench 1794. (Lysimachia atropurpurea Linnaeus 1753.)
Pelletiera Pelletiera A. Saint-Hilaire, Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 365. 1822. TYPE: Pelletiera verna A. Saint-Hilaire 1822.
Pelletiera Pelletiera A. Saint-Hilaire, Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 365. 1822. TYPE: Pelletiera verna A. Saint-Hilaire 1822.
Steironema Steironema Rafinesque, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 7: 193. 1821. TYPE: Steironema ciliatum (Linnaeus) Baudo 1843. (Lysimachia ciliata Linnaeus 1753.) Typified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 2: 712. 1913.
Theopyxis Theopyxis Grisebach, Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 6: 126. 1856. TYPE: Theopyxis chilensis Grisebach 1856.
Thyrsanthus Thyrsanthus Schrank, Denkschr. Königl. Akad. Wiss. München 1813: 75. 1814. TYPE: = Naumburgia Moench 1802.
Tridynia Tridynia Rafinesque, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 7: 192. 1821. TYPE: Non designatus.
Trientalis Trientalis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl.: 344. 1753. TYPE: Trientalis europaea Linnaeus 1753. Typified by Hitchcock, in Hitchcock & M. L. Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 149. 1929.
Vrodea Vrodea Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 1: 230. 1894. TYPE: = Glaux Linnaeus 1753.