Hydrolea spinosa

Taxonavigation edit

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

Familia: Hydroleaceae
Genus: Hydrolea
Species: Hydrolea spinosa
Varieties: H. s. var. cervantesii – H. s. var. maior – H. s. var. paraguayensis

Name edit

Hydrolea spinosa L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1: 328. 1762.

Synonyms edit

Ascleia mexicana Raf., (1838) nom. superfl.
Hydrolea capsularis (L.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isles, 3: 419 (1913 publ. 1914)
Hydrolea elegans A.W.Benn., Journ. L. Soc. 11: 271 (1871)
Hydrolea extraaxillaris Morren, Ann. Soc. Bot. Gand, 2: 321. t. 79 (1846)
Hydrolea glabra Choisy, Desc. Hydrol. 16 (1833), non Schum. 1827
Hydrolea megapotamica Spreng., Syst. 4: Cur. Post. 114 (1827)
Hydrolea ovata var. parvifolia D.L.Nash, Fl. Veracruz 5: 4 (1979)
Hydrolea paludosa A.W.Benn., Journ. L. Soc. 11: 270 (1871)
Hydrolea spinosa f. glabra Brand, Pflanzenr. (Engl.) IV, Fam. 251: 182 (1913)
Hydrolea spinosa f. latifolia Brand, Pflanzenr. (Engl.) IV, Fam. 251: 181 (1913)
Hydrolea spinosa f. purpurascens Brand, Pflanzenr. (Engl.) IV, Fam. 251: 182 (1913)
Hydrolea spinosa f. trigyna (Sw.) Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 691 (1894)
Hydrolea spinosa var. elliptica Miq., Linnaea 18: 597 (1845)
Hydrolea spinosa var. glabra Mart. ex A.W.Benn., (1871)
Hydrolea spinosa var. inermis Spruce ex A.W.Benn., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 11: 269 (1870)
Hydrolea spinosa var. megapotamica (Spreng.) Brand, (1913), nom. superfl.
Hydrolea spinosa var. paludosa (A.W.Benn.) Brand, Pflanzenr. (Engl.) 4, Fam. 251: 182 (1913)
Hydrolea tetraginia Sessé &, Moc., Pl. N. Hispan. ed. 1, 44 1887 (1890) (La Naturaleza, Ser. II. 1: App.), ed. 2, 41
Hydrolea tetragyna Pav. ex Brand, Engl. Pflanzenreich, Hydrophyllac. 180 (1913)
Hydrolea trigyna Sw., Prod. Veg. Ind. Occ. 54 (1788)
Lycium capsulare L., Cent. Pl. II: 11 (1756)
Nama elegans (A.W.Benn.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 435 (1891)
Nama extraaxillaris (Morren) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 435 (1891)
Nama megapotamica (Spreng.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 435 (1891)
Nama paludosa (A.W.Benn.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 435 (1891)
Nama spinosa (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 435 (1891)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
- Regional: Southgern Central USA
  - Texas
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.
- Introduced into:
  - Jawa, Sri Lanka

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Linnaeus, C. 1762. Species Plantarum, Editio Secunda.. Tomus I, Pp. [I–XVI], 1–784. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL

Additional references edit

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
Balick, M. J., M. H. Nee & D.E. Atha (2000). Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 85: 1-246.

Links edit

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Hydrolea spinosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Hydrolea spinosa. Published online. Accessed: Oct 25 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Hydrolea spinosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Oct 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Hydrolea spinosa. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 25. Reference page.

Vernacular names edit

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Hydrolea spinosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

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