Dorstenia contrajerva

Dorstenia contrajerva

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Moraceae
Tribus: Dorstenieae
Genus: Dorstenia
Species: Dorstenia contrajerva

Name

Dorstenia contrajerva L., Sp. Pl. 1: 121. 1753. (as Contrajerva)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Dorstenia contrajerva var. houstonii L., Sp. Pl. 1: 121. 1753. (as houstoni)
  • Dorstenia alexiteria L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 899. 1759. (as alexiter.)
  • Dorstenia houstonii (L.) L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2., 1: 176. 1762. (as houstoni)
  • Dorstenia quadrangularis Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 338(–341). 1812, nom. illeg. superfl.
  • Dorstenia quadrangularis var. integrifolia Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 339. 1812.
  • Dorstenia quadrangularis var. sinuata Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 339(–341). 1812.
  • Dorstenia quadrangularis var. pinnatifida Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 341. 1812.
  • Dorstenia palmata Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f., Mant. 3: 317(–318). 1827. – non Dorstenia palmata Pohl ex Miq., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 4(1): 167. 1853, nom. inval. pro syn. – nec Dorstenia palmata Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20(1–2): 146. 1894, nom. illeg. hom.
  • Dorstenia maculata Lem., Ill. Hort. 10: [1], t. 362. 1863.
  • Dorstenia contrajerva var. maculata (Lem.) Bureau, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 17: 260. 1873. (as γ, maculata)
  • Dorstenia contrajerva subsp. tenuiloba S.F.Blake, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24(1): 2(–3), t. 1. 1922. (as Dorstenia contrajerva tenuiloba)
  • Dorstenia contrajerva var. tenuiloba (S.F.Blake) Standl. & Steyerm., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23(2): 40. 1944.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. Northern South America Venezuela. Western South America Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Pp. [I–VI], 825–1384. Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1762. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I, Ed. 2. Pp. [I–XVI], 1–784. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 
• Schultes, J.A. & Schultes, J.H. 1827. Mantissa in volumen tertium systematis vegetabilium Caroli a Linné ex editione Joan. Jac. Roemer M. D. etc. et Jos. Aug. Schultes M. D. etc. 717 pp., err. Sumtibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgardtiae [Stuttgart]. BHL Reference page. 
• Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. 1944. Studies of Central American plants—IV. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 23: 29–109. BHL Reference page. 
• Stokes, J. 1812. A botanical materia medica, consisting of the generic and specific characters of the plants used in medicine and diet, with synonyms, and references to medical authors. Vol. IV. 702 pp. J. Johnson and Co., London. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Moraceae. In Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 567–574. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 
• Berg, C.C. 2001. Moreae, Artocarpeae, and Dorstenia (Moraceae). With introductions to the family and Ficus and with additions and corrections to Flora Neotropica Monograph 7. (Flora Neotropica, Monograph 83.) IV+346 pp. The New York Botanical Garden, New York. ISBN 0-89327-439-9 JSTOR Reference page. 
• González, J. 2007. Moraceae. Pp. 635–675 in Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. VI, Dicotiledóneas (Haloragaceae–Phytolaccaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-930723-60-3. Reference page. 
• Macbride, J.F. 1937. 48. Moraceae. In Flora of Peru. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(2/2): 274–331. BHL Reference page. 
• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Dorstenia contrajerva. Published online. Accessed: 24 April 2018.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Dorstenia contrajerva.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Dorstenia contrajerva in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2018-04-24.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Dorstenia contrajerva. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 June 13. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2018. Dorstenia contrajerva. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 April 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Dorstenia contrajerva. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 April 2018.
• Dorstenia contrajerva in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 24 April 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Dorstenia contrajerva. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 April 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Dorstenia contrajerva. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 April 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Peru Checklist: Dorstenia contrajerva. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 April 2018.

Vernacular names

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