''Limeum'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s. It includes 25 species. The genus ''Limeum'' was traditionally recognized as belonging to the

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Molluginaceae, but is now treated as the sole genus in the

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family Limeaceae. The family is newly recognized through research by the

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to deal with long-standing phylogenetic difficulties in placing various genera within the Caryophyllales. ''Limeum'' comprises subshrub and herbaceous species native to tropical, eastern and southern Africa, and South Asia. Previously, the genus '' Macarthuria'' from Australia was also placed here, but it now is found to belong to Macarthuriaceae.

Species list

''Limeum'' contains the following species:

References

Caryophyllales genera Caryophyllales {{Caryophyllales-stub