3-52 Limnanthaceae, meadow-foam family

Marian C Munro; Ruth E. Newell; Nicholas M. Hill

Authors

Marian C Munro Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS
Ruth E. Newell E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Nicholas M. Hill Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Keywords:

Magnoliophyte, dicots, meadow-foam family, Floerkea, mermaidweed, YELLOW-listed species-at-risk

Abstract

All small annual herbaceous plants, there are only 11 species worldwide. Leaves are alternate and compound. Flowers are solitary, on long pedicels arising from the upper leaf axils. The small flowers are regular and perfect. The sepals are adjacent to the petals, not beneath. Stamens equal the number of
petals or double them in number, and are arranged opposite them. Carpels number 2–5, with a single style. Ovary is deeply lobed and bearing a single ovule in each locule. Photographs taken by Martin Thomas.

Author Biographies

Marian C Munro, Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS

Curator of Botany (NSPM)

Ruth E. Newell, E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Curator of the E. C. Smith Herbarium (ACAD)

Nicholas M. Hill, Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Directot; Adjunct Professor