Samolus repens
Species of flowering plant
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::summary Species of flowering plant ::
|image =Samolus repens.jpg |image_caption = At Cape Otway, Victoria, Australia |genus = Samolus |species = repens |authority = (G.Forst.) Pers. |synonyms = *Lysimachia sedoides Lehm.
- Samolus ambiguus R.Brown
- S. eremaeus Jacobs
- S. littoralis R.Brown
- S. platyphyllos F.Muell.
- S. repens var. ambiguus (R.Brown) Benth.
- S. repens var. incana (Labill.) Duby in DC
- S. repens var. floribundus Benth.
- S. repens var. paucifolius Benth.
- S. repens var. procumbens Knuth
- S. repens var. strictus Cock.
- Sheffieldia repens G.Forst. |synonyms_ref = |}}
Samolus repens is a species of water pimpernel native to Australia, New Zealand and near-by Pacific islands, and South America (South Chile), where it is common in temperate and subtropic coastlines. Common names include creeping brookweed and creeping bushweed. Samolus repens has small white or occasionally pink flowers with a flowering period from September through to March or April.
Taxonomy
The species was first described by Georg Forster in 1776 as Sheffieldia repens and placed in the genus Samolus in 1805 by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon. The following synonyms exist:
- Lysimachia sedoides Lehm.
- Samolus ambiguus R.Brown
- S. eremaeus Jacobs
- S. littoralis R.Brown
- S. platyphyllos F.Muell.
- S. repens var. ambiguus (R.Brown) Benth.
- S. repens var. incana (Labill.) Duby in DC
- S. repens var. floribundus Benth.
- S. repens var. paucifolius Benth.
- S. repens var. procumbens Knuth
- S. repens var. strictus Cock.
- Sheffieldia repens Forst.
References
References
- Crusio W.E.. (1984). "Notes on the genus ''Samolus'' L. (Primulaceae)". Communications of the Dutch Waterplant Society.
- [[Wim Crusio. (1982). "Het geslacht ''Samolus'' L.". Communications of the Dutch Waterplant Society.
- Harden, G.J.. "''Samolus repens'' (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Pers.". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia.
- Johns, Louise. "Online Field guide to Common Saltmarsh Plants of Queensland". Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries.
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