{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = LimosellaAquatica.jpg |image_caption = ''Limosella aquatica'' |taxon = Limosella |authority = L. (1753) |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 16; see text |subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:37777-1 ''Limosella'' L.] ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 13 May 2024.</ref> |synonyms = *''Danubiunculus'' {{small|Sailer (1845)}} *''Mutafinia'' {{small|Raf. (1833)}} *''Plantaginella'' {{small|Hill (1756)}} *''Ygramela'' {{small|Raf. (1833)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/> }}
'''''Limosella''''' is a genus of flowering plants known as '''mudworts'''. These are annual, largely aquatic plants, found in muddy areas worldwide. Its phylogeny and biogeography are inferred from molecular data.<ref>Ito, Y., Nr. Tanaka, D.C. Albach, A.S. Barfod, B. Oxelman, A.M. Muasya (2016) Molecular phylogeny of the cosmopolitan aquatic plant genus ''Limosella'' (Scrophulariaceae) with a particular focus on the origin of the Australasian ''L''. ''curdieana''. ''Journal of Plant Research'' [https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10265-016-0872-6 doi: 10.1007/s10265-016-0872-6]</ref>
==Species== 16 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> *''Limosella acaulis'' {{small|Sessé & Moc.}} - Owyhee mudwort *''Limosella africana'' {{small|Glück}} *''Limosella aquatica'' {{small|L.}} - water mudwort *''Limosella australis'' {{small|R.Br.}} - Welsh mudwort *''Limosella capensis'' {{small|Thunb.}} *''Limosella curdieana'' {{small|F.Muell.}} *''Limosella grandiflora'' {{small|Benth.}} *''Limosella granitica'' {{small|W.R.Barker}} *''Limosella inflata'' {{small|Hilliard & B.L.Burtt}} *''Limosella longiflora'' {{small|Kuntze}} *''Limosella macrantha'' {{small|R.E.Fr.}} *''Limosella major'' {{small|Diels}} *''Limosella pretoriensis'' {{small|Suess.}} *''Limosella purpurea'' {{small|Charit.}} *''Limosella tenella'' {{small|Quézel & Contandr.}} *''Limosella vesiculosa'' {{small|Hilliard & B.L.Burtt}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7177,7366 Jepson Manual Treatment]
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Category:Scrophulariaceae Category:Scrophulariaceae genera Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus