Limosella

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = LimosellaAquatica.jpg

|image_caption = Limosella aquatica

|taxon = Limosella

|authority = L. (1753)

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = 16; see text

|subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:37777-1 Limosella L.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 May 2024.

|synonyms =

• Danubiunculus {{small|Sailer (1845)}}
• Mutafinia {{small|Raf. (1833)}}
• Plantaginella {{small|Hill (1756)}}
• Ygramela {{small|Raf. (1833)}}

|synonyms_ref =

}}

Limosella is a genus of flowering plants known as mudworts. These are annual, largely aquatic plants, found in muddy areas worldwide. Its phylogeny and biogeography are inferred from molecular data.Ito, Y., Nr. Tanaka, D.C. Albach, A.S. Barfod, B. Oxelman, A.M. Muasya (2016) Molecular phylogeny of the cosmopolitan aquatic plant genus Limosella (Scrophulariaceae) with a particular focus on the origin of the Australasian L. curdieana. Journal of Plant Research [https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10265-016-0872-6 doi: 10.1007/s10265-016-0872-6]

==Species==

16 species are accepted.

• Limosella acaulis {{small|Sessé & Moc.}} - Owyhee mudwort
• Limosella africana {{small|Glück}}
• Limosella aquatica {{small|L.}} - water mudwort
• Limosella australis {{small|R.Br.}} - Welsh mudwort
• Limosella capensis {{small|Thunb.}}
• Limosella curdieana {{small|F.Muell.}}
• Limosella grandiflora {{small|Benth.}}
• Limosella granitica {{small|W.R.Barker}}
• Limosella inflata {{small|Hilliard & B.L.Burtt}}
• Limosella longiflora {{small|Kuntze}}
• Limosella macrantha {{small|R.E.Fr.}}
• Limosella major {{small|Diels}}
• Limosella pretoriensis {{small|Suess.}}
• Limosella purpurea {{small|Charit.}}
• Limosella tenella {{small|Quézel & Contandr.}}
• Limosella vesiculosa {{small|Hilliard & B.L.Burtt}}