The genus Lindernia is a group of plants in the family Linderniaceae. They are native to warm regions in both the Eastern and Western Hemisphere.[ Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States]
The genus name of Lindernia is in honour of Franz Balthasar von Lindern (1682–1755), French doctor and botanist in Strasbourg and also university botanical garden director.
Lindernia consists of 30 species in its most recent circumscription.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus
Lindernia:
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Lindernia acrandra
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Lindernia adami-hefiedii
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Lindernia alsinoides
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Lindernia alterniflora
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Lindernia atrata
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Lindernia barkeri
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Lindernia barthlottii
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Lindernia beasleyi
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Lindernia benthamii
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Lindernia brachyphylla
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Lindernia brennanii
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Lindernia bryoides
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Lindernia calliandra
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Lindernia capensis
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Lindernia conferta
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Lindernia congesta
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Lindernia cyanoplectra
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Lindernia dierythra
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Lindernia dubia
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Lindernia dunlopii
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Lindernia enypniastina
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Lindernia grandiflora
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Lindernia hyssopioides
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Lindernia intrepida
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Lindernia jiuhuanica
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Lindernia lemuriana
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Lindernia leucochroa
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Lindernia linearifolia
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Lindernia lucrusmiana
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Lindernia madagascariensis
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Lindernia madayiparensis
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Lindernia manilaliana
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Lindernia mexicana
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Lindernia microcalyx
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Lindernia minima
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Lindernia mitrasacmoides
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Lindernia monroi
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Lindernia monticola
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Lindernia multicaulis
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Lindernia multiflora
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Lindernia murfetiana
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Lindernia natans
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Lindernia oblongifolia
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Lindernia parviflora
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Lindernia petrensis
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Lindernia porphyrodinea
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Lindernia procumbens
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Lindernia prolata
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Lindernia pronanthera
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Lindernia pubescens
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Lindernia pustulosa
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Lindernia robyniae
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Lindernia rotundata
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Lindernia rotundifolia
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Lindernia sallyae
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Lindernia sandaiolingensis
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Lindernia scopularis
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Lindernia scutella
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Lindernia srilankana
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Lindernia stantonii
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Lindernia tamilnadensis
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Lindernia thyridostoma
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Lindernia tiwiensis
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Lindernia tridentata
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Lindernia venustula
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Lindernia viguieri
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Lindernia yarun
