Hydrophylax

This article is about plant genus Hydrophylax. For genus of frogs with the same name, see Hydrophylax (frog).

Hydrophylax is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.^[1] It was described by Carl Linnaeus the Younger in 1782. The genus contains only one species, Hydrophylax maritima, which is found in India, Sri Lanka and Thailand.^[2]

Hydrophylax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Rubioideae
Tribe:	Spermacoceae
Genus:	Hydrophylax L.f.
Species:	H. maritima
Binomial name
Hydrophylax maritima L.f.
Synonyms
Sarissus Gaertn.