Dichondra sericea

Dichondra sericea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Solanales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Solanales

Familia: Convolvulaceae
Tribus: Dichondreae
Genus: Dichondra
Species: Dichondra sericea
Varietates: D. s. var. holosericea – D. s. var. sericea – D. s. var. tomentosa

Name

Dichondra sericea Sw., Prodr.: 54 (1788).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Dichondra repens var. sericea (Sw.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 470 (1812).
  • Dichondra evolvulacea var. sericea (Sw.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 216 (1898).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America USA (Arizona), Mexico (Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Colima, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz) Continental: Southern America Nicaragua, Guatemala, Ecuador, Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Formosa, Misiones, Santa Fe, Tucuman), S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), Chile (Antofagasta, Atacama, Coquimbo, Valparaiso, O'Higgins, Maule, Bio Bio, Araucania, Los Lagos, Juan Fdz. Isl., Reg. Metropolitana), Paraguay (Central, Cordillera, Paraguari), Uruguay (Cerro Largo, Lavalleja, Maldonado, Montevideo, Rocha, Soriano), Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Panama, Guatemala, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo), Bolivia (Chuquisaca, La Paz, Potos, Santa Cruz, Tarija) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Swartz, O. 1788. Nova genera & species plantarum seu Prodromus descriptionum vegetabilium, maximam partem incognitorum quae sub itinere in Indiam Occidentalem annis 1783–87 digessit Olof Swartz. M. D. X+152 pp., index. M.Swederi, Holmiae [Stockholm] etc. BHL Reference page. : 54.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Dichondra sericea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 08. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Dichondra sericea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Dichondra sericea. Published online. Accessed: November 08 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Dichondra sericea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 November 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Silverleaf ponysfoot

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