Lechea mucronata
Lechea maritima

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Malvales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Cistaceae
Genus: Lechea
Species: L. cernua – L. cubensis – L. deckertii – L. divaricata – L. intermedia – L. lakelae – L. maritima – L. mensalis – L. minor – L. mucronata – L. pulchella – L. racemulosa – L. san-sabeana – L. sessiliflora – L. stricta – L. tenuifolia – L. torreyi – L. tripetala

Name

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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).

Synonyms

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  • 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

Distribution

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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.

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

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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Vernacular names

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English: Pinweed
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