Glinus oppositifolius

Glinus oppositifolius

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Molluginaceae
Genus: Glinus
Species: Glinus oppositifolius
Varieties: G. o. var. glomeratus – G. o. var. keenanii – G. o. var. oppositifolius

Name

Glinus oppositifolius (L.) Aug.DC., 1901

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Mollugo oppositifolia L. in Sp. Pl.: 89 (1753)
  • Pharnaceum oppositifolium (L.) Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 949 (1824)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Tropical & Subtropical Old World Aldabra, Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Chad, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Australia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Baleares, Gulf States, Mauritius, Réunion References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Aug.DC., 1901. Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier ser. 2, 1

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Glinus oppositifolius in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Glinus oppositifolius. Published online. Accessed: February 17 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Glinus oppositifolius. 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 February 17. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Glinus oppositifolius. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 February 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Glinus oppositifolius in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

বাংলা: গিমা
தமிழ்: துரா கீரை
ไทย: ขวง

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