Luma chequen

Luma chequen

Luma chequen

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Myrtaceae
Subfamilia: Myrtoideae
Tribus: Myrteae
Subtribus: Luminae
Genus: Luma
Species: Luma chequen

Name

Luma chequen (Molina) A.Gray, Char. New Gen. Polynesia: 7 (1853). (as "cheken")

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Eugenia chequen Molina in Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili, ed. 2: 148 (1810)
  • Myrceugenella chequen (Molina) Kausel in Revista Argent. Agron. 9: 43 (1942)
  • Myrtus chequen (Molina) Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 485 (1825)
• Heterotypic
  • Eugenia bella Phil. in Linnaea 28: 641 (1858), nom. illeg.
  • Eugenia chekan DC. in Prodr. 3: 278 (1828), orth. var.
  • Eugenia cheken Lam. in Encycl. 3: 207 (1789)
  • Eugenia gayana Barnéoud in C.Gay, Fl. Chil. 2: 390 (1847)
  • Eugenia myrtomimeta Diels in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 598 (1906)
  • Eugenia pulchra O.Berg in Linnaea 29: 224 (1858)
  • Luma gayana (Barnéoud) Burret in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 523 (1941)
  • Myrceugenella chequen var. myrtomimeta (Diels) Kausel in Lilloa 33: 104 (1971 publ. 1972)
  • Myrceugenella gayana (Barnéoud) Kausel in Revista Argent. Agron. 9: 46 (1942)
  • Myrceugenella langerfeldtii Kausel in Revista Argent. Agron. 11: 324 (1944)
  • Myrtus gayana (Barnéoud) O.Berg in Linnaea 27: 399 (1856)
  • Myrtus gayana var. major O.Berg in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 15: 859 (1857)
  • Myrtus luma S.Schauer in Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 333 (1843), nom. illeg.
  • Myrtus uliginosa Miq. in Linnaea 25: 652 (1853)
  • Myrtus uliginosa f. major Miq. in Linnaea 25: 652 (1853)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Chile Central, Chile South Introduced into: Bolivia, Peru . References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Gray, A. 1853. Characters of some new genera of plants, mostly from Polynesia, in the collection of the United States Exploring Expedition, under Captain Wilkes. 8 pp. Preprint from Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 3: 48–54. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A., Sobral, M., Ashton, P.S., Barrie, F.R., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.R., Matsumoto, K., Mazine, F.F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C.E.B., Soares-Silva, L.H., Wilson, P.G. & Lucas, E. 2008. World Checklist of Myrtaceae. 455 pp. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-391-8 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Luma chequen in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 June 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Luma chequen. Published online. Accessed: June 24 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Luma chequen. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 June 24. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Luma chequen. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 June 2024.

Vernacular names

English: White Chilean Myrtle
فارسی: مورد شیلیایی سفید
перем коми: Чекен
коми: Чекен
лакку: Чекен
кырык мары: Чекен
удмурт: Чекен

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