Samolus repens

Species of flowering plant

Samolus repens

At Cape Otway, Victoria, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Ericales
Family:  | Primulaceae
Genus:  | Samolus
Species:  |

S. repens

Binomial name
Samolus repens

(G.Forst.) Pers.

Synonyms[1][2]

* 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.

Samolus repens is a species of water pimpernel native to Australia, New Zealand and near-by Pacific islands, and South America (South Chile),[1] where it is common in temperate and subtropic coastlines. Common names include creeping brookweed[3] and creeping bushweed.[4] Samolus repens has small white or occasionally pink flowers with a flowering period from September through to March or April.[4][3]

## Taxonomy

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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.[1] The following synonyms exist:[1][2]

* 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

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Samolus repens.

1. ^ a b c d Crusio W.E. (1982). "Het geslacht Samolus L.". Communications of the Dutch Waterplant Society (in Dutch). 2: 13–25.
2. ^ a b Crusio W.E. (1984). "Notes on the genus Samolus L. (Primulaceae)". Communications of the Dutch Waterplant Society. 6: 13–16.
3. ^ a b Harden, G.J. "Samolus repens (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Pers". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
4. ^ a b Johns, Louise. "Online Field guide to Common Saltmarsh Plants of Queensland". Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.

Taxon identifiers

Samolus repens|

* Wikidata: Q4406819
* APNI: 61094
* CoL: 6XHSR
* eFloraSA: Samolus_repens
* FloraBase: 6484
* GBIF: 7290572
* iNaturalist: 323870
* IPNI: 702850-1
* NCBI: 110862
* NZOR: 11748631-4006-4ccd-b869-50bf192d94b5
* Open Tree of Life: 673164
* Plant List: tro-26400325
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:702850-1
* Tropicos: 26400325
* VicFlora: ad66f54a-1429-4a9e-a805-a20e7d5d10f9
* WFO: wfo-0001105420