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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.

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.

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile
• Photo gallery

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Translingual

Proper noun

Menyanthes

1. (taxonomy) A taxonomic genus within the family Menyanthaceae — the bog-bean or buckbean.

From Wikispecies

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG II (down to family level)

Main Page
Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiospermae
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Euasterids II
Ordo: Asterales
Familia: Menyanthaceae
Genus: Menyanthes
Species: Menyanthes trifoliata

Name

Menyanthes L., 1753

Vernacular names