Farmeria
Farmeria metzgerioides botanical illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Fabids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Podostemaceae
Genus: Farmeria
Willis ex Hook.f.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]

Maferria C.Cusset

Farmeria is a genus of flowering plants in the riverweed family Podostemaceae, native to Sri Lanka and India.[2] They attach to rocks using holdfasts, and their flowers are protected by boat-shaped spathella until they emerge.[3]

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

  • Farmeria indica Willis
  • Farmeria metzgerioides (Trimen) Willis ex Hook.f.

References

  1. H.Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 5: 386 (1900)
  2. 1 2 3 "Farmeria Willis ex Hook.f." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  3. Kubitzki, Klaus (2007). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Berberidopsidales, Buxales, Crossosomatales, Fabales p.p., Geraniales, Gunnerales, 'Myrtales' p.p., Proteales, Saxifragales, Vitales, Zygophyllales, Clusiaceae Alliance, Passifloraceae Alliance, Dilleniaceae, Huaceae, Picramniaceae, Sabiaceae. Vol. IX. Springer-Verlag. p. 336. ISBN 9783540322146.
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