Zeylanidium are a genus of flowering plants in the riverweed family Podostemaceae, native to Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar and Thailand. They have caducous leaves and either crustose or ribbon‑shaped thalli.[2]

Zeylanidium
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Podostemaceae
Subfamily: Podostemoideae
Genus: Zeylanidium
(Tul.) Engl.[1]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Hydrobryopsis Engl.

Species

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Currently accepted species include:

References

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  1. ^ Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 18a: 61 (1930)
  2. ^ a b c d e Krishnan, Remya; Khanduri, Priyanka; Tandon, Rajesh (2019). "Zeylanidium manasiae, a new species of Podostemaceae based on molecular and morphological data from Kerala, India". PhytoKeys (124): 23–38. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.124.33453. PMC 6579786. PMID 31231162. S2CID 195227588.