Lindernia crustacea




Family Linderniaceae (also placed in Scrophulariaceae)
Scientific name Lindernia crustacea (L.) F. Müller
Synonyms Capraria crustacea L.; Gratiola lucida Willdenow; Hornemannia ovata Link & Otto; Lindernia crustacea (L.) F. Müller var. smithii O. Degener & Ruhle; Lindernia crustacea (L.) Bonati, non (L.) F. Müller; Lindernia minuta Koorders; Mimulus javanicus Blume; Morgania lucida Sprengel; Pyxidaria crustacea (L.) Kuntze; Tittmannia scabra (R. Brown) Sprengel; Torenia crustacea (L.) Chamisso & Schlechtendal; Torenia flaccida R. Brown; Torenia minuta Blume; Torenia scabra R. Brown; Vandellia alba Bentham; Vandellia bodinieri H. Léveillé; Vandellia crustacea (Linnaeus) Bentham
Common name (Japanese common name) uri-kusa [gourd weed]
(English common name) Malaysian false pimpernel, brittle false pimpernel, false pimpernel
Distribution (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Christmas Island, Australia, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka
Habitat Swamp
Chromosomal number 2n=28, 32, 42
Description Plants 7-18cm tall. Leaves 1-2cm long, 6-12mm wide. Flowers pale purple ca. 1cm, flowering in August to October. Annual plants.
Reference Lindernia crustacea (Linnaeus) F. Mueller
Lindernia crustacea (L.) F. Muell.
Lindernia crustacea (L.) F. Muell.
Lindernia crustacea (L.) F. Muell.
Substituted imide derivatives (US Patent 6806292/2004)
Sucrose-6-phosphate phosphatase as target for herbicides (US Patent 7374899/2008)
Dihydroorotase extracted from plants (US Patent 7320877/2008)



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