Menyanthes

Menyanthes
Menyanthes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Menyanthaceae
Genus: Menyanthes
L. 1753
Species: M. trifoliata
Binomial name
Menyanthes trifoliata
L.
A Bog-bean dominated habitat in Ayrshire, Scotland.

Menyanthes is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the family Menyanthaceae containing the single species Menyanthes trifoliata. The name Menyanthes comes from the Greek words menyein, meaning "disclosing", and anthos, meaning "flower", in reference to the sequential opening of flowers on the inflorescence.

Characteristics

Menyanthes trifoliata is characterized by a horizontal rhizome with alternate, trifoliate leaves. The inflorescence is an erect raceme of white flowers.

Menyanthes trifoliata occurs in bogs and marshes in Asia, Europe, and North America. The North American form is often referred to as M. trifoliata var. minor Michx. It is known in English by the common names bog-bean and buckbean, and in German as Bitterklee or Fieberklee.

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  • Menyanthes — prop. n. The type genus of the {Menyanthaceae}, having only one species: the bogbeans. Syn: genus {Menyanthes}. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Menyanthes — L., Pflanzengattg. der Gentianazeen, krautige, schönblühende Sumpfpflanzen der nördl. gemäßigten Zone. M. trifoliāta L. (Fieber , Biber , Sumpf oder Bitterklee, Dreiblatt, Zottenblume [Abb. 1167]), auf sumpfigen Wiesen; seine sehr bittern Blätter …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Menyanthes — noun the type genus of the Menyanthaceae; one species: bogbeans • Syn: ↑genus Menyanthes • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Menyanthaceae, ↑family Menyanthaceae, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Menyanthes L. — Род 206. Вахта (Сем. Menyanthaceae – Вахтовые) 407. Menyanthes trifoliate L. – Вахта трехлистная (Syn: Трифоль) …   Флора Центрально-лесного государственного заповедника

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  • Menyanthes trifoliata — Fieberklee Fieberklee (Menyanthes trifoliata) Systematik Klasse: Dreifurchenpollen Zweikeimblättrige (Rosopsida) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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