Nymphoides Geminata
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''Nymphoides geminata'', commonly known as entire marshwort, is an aquatic plant of the family
Menyanthaceae Menyanthaceae is a family of aquatic and wetland plants in the order Asterales. There are approximately 60-70 species in six genera distributed worldwide. The simple or compound leaves arise alternately from a creeping rhizome. In the submers ...
native to eastern Australia. It was first described by Robert Brown in 1810 as ''Villarsia geminata'', but was transferred to the genus, ''
Nymphoides ''Nymphoides'', or floatingheart, is a genus of aquatic flowering plants in the family Menyanthaceae. The genus name refers to their resemblance to the water lily '' Nymphaea''. ''Nymphoides'' are aquatic plants with submerged roots and floating ...
'' by
Otto Kuntze Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze (23 June 1843 – 27 January 1907) was a German botanist. Biography Otto Kuntze was born in Leipzig. An apothecary in his early career, he published an essay entitled ''Pocket Fauna of Leipzig''. Between 1863 and 1866 he ...
in 1891.


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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15568228 geminata Freshwater plants Flora of New South Wales Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) Plants described in 1810