Lechea

Taxonavigation

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

Lechea Kalm in L., Sp. Pl. 1: 90 (1753); Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 40 (1754).

Type species: Lechea minor L., (1753); Lectotype, designated by N.L. Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N.U.S. ed. 2. 2: 542 (7 Jun 1913), supported by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot. 122 (Aug 1929).

Heterotypic
- Gaura Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: t. 281, f. 3 (1792), non L. [see also correction in Tabl. Encycl. 2: 423 (1819)]
- Lechidium Spach in W.J. Hooker, Compan. Bot. Mag. 2: 286 (1837).
  - Typus: Lechidium drummondii Spach

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Western Canada
  - Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan.
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Montana, Wyoming.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia.
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico, Texas.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia.
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Guatemala, Honduras.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Cuba.

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 90. Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 40. Reference page. (indicating Kalm as author)

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions: from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. ed. 2. C. Scribner's sons, New York. Vol. 2: 542. Reference page.
Hitchcock, A.S. & Green, M.L. 1929. Standard species of Linnaean genera of Phanerogamae (1753–1754). pp. 111–195. In: Sprague, T.A. (ed.): International Botanical Congress. Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Lechea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug 28. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Lechea. 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 Aug 28. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2016. Lechea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 March 2016.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Lechea. Published online. Accessed: 6 March 2016.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Lechea in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2022 May 5.

English: Pinweed

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