''Lilaeopsis'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of several
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of flowering plants in the family
Apiaceae
Apiaceae or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus ''Apium'' and commonly known as the celery, carrot or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering plants ...
. Known commonly as grassworts or microswords. ''L. brasiliensis'' is used as a decorative plant for the foreground of
aquaria.
Species list
There are currently 12 accepted species of Lilaeopsis:
* ''
Lilaeopsis schaffneriana
''Lilaeopsis schaffneriana'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae known by the common names Schaffner's grasswort and cienega false rush.
*''Lilaeopsis schaffneriana'' subsp. ''schaffneriana'' is found in Dominican Re ...
''
* ''Lilaeopsis attenuata''
* ''Lilaeopsis brisbanica''
* ''
Lilaeopsis carolinensis'' – Carolina grasswort
* ''
Lilaeopsis chinensis'' – Eastern grasswort
* ''Lilaeopsis mauritiana''
* ''Lilaeopsis minor'' (syn. '
L. brasiliensis'')
* ''
Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiae
* ''
Lilaeopsis occidentalis'' – Western grasswort
** ''
Lilaeopsis masonii'' – Mudflat quillplant, (historic species,
Syn. of ''L.occidentalis'')
* ''Lilaeopsis polyantha''
* ''Lilaeopsis ruthiana''
* ''Lilaeopsis schaffneriana''
* ''Lilaeopsis tenuis''
References
* Affolter, J. M. 1985. A monograph of the genus Lilaeopsis (Umbelliferae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 6:38.
* Gitte Petersen, James Affolte, A'' New Species of Lilaeopsis (Apiaceae) from Mauritius'', Novon, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Spring, 1999), pp. 92–94 - describing L. ''mauritiana''
Apioideae genera
{{Apiaceae-stub