Lithophila muscoides

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Gomphrenoideae
Genus: Lithophila
Species: Lithophila muscoides

Name

Lithophila muscoides Sw., Prodr. [O. P. Swartz] 14. (1788)

• Type: [United States Minor Outlying Islands]: Ind. Occ., Navaza [Navassa Island]. Swartz, O.P. #s.n. Type: S S-R-3294; Isotypes: BM BM000993153, LD LD1756579.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Alternanthera muscoides (Sw.) Hitchc., Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 122. (1893)
  • Iresine muscoides (Sw.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 542. (1891)
• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019, Govaerts 2019)
  • Alternanthera caribaea Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 354. (1849)
  • Iresine linearis Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 339. (1849)
  • Iresine surinamensis Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 339. (1849)
  • Lithophila muscoides var. brevifolia Griseb., Fl. Brit. W.I. [Grisebach] 66. (1859)
  • Lithophila muscoides var. caespitosa Urb., Symb. Antill. (Urban). 5(2): 339. (1907)
  • Lithophila muscoides var. compacta Urb., Symb. Antill. (Urban). 5(2): 339. (1907)
  • Lithophila muscoides var. intermedia Urb., Symb. Antill. (Urban). 5(2): 339. (1907)
  • Lithophila muscoides var. linearifolia Urb., Symb. Antill. (Urban). 5(2): 338. (1907)
  • Lithophila muscoides var. longifolia Griseb., Fl. Brit. W.I. [Grisebach] 66. (1859)
  • Lithophila muscoides var. platyphylla Urb., Symb. Antill. (Urban). 5(2): 339. (1907)
  • Lithophila muscoides var. stenophylla Urb., Symb. Antill. (Urban). 5(2): 339. (1907)
  • Illecebrum lineare Thunb., Mus. Nat. Acad. Upsal. 17(App.): 6. (1794)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Caribbean Aruba, Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. Northern South America Suriname, Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Swartz, O. 1788. Nova genera & species plantarum seu Prodromus descriptionum vegetabilium, maximam partem incognitorum quae sub itinere in Indiam Occidentalem annis 1783–87 digessit Olof Swartz. M. D. X+152 pp., index. M.Swederi, Holmiae [Stockholm] etc. BHL Reference page. : 14

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Lithophila muscoides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 24. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Lithophila muscoides. 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 Sept. 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Lithophila muscoides. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 24 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Lithophila muscoides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Sept. 2019.