Montia

"Mona" redirects here. For the authority, see Imerica Gracious Mona.

Montia fontana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Montiaceae
Genus: Montia
Species: M. angustifolia – M. australasica – M. biapiculata – M. bostockii – M. calcicola – M. calycina – M. campylostigma – M. chamissoi – M. dichotoma – M. diffusa – M. drucei – M. erythrophylla – M. fontana – M. howellii – M. linearis – M. meridensis – M. parvifolia – M. racemosa – M. sessiliflora – M. vassilievii

Name

Montia L. Sp. Pl. 1: 87 (1753)

• Type species: Montia fontana L. Sp. Pl. 1: 87–88. (1753)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cameraria Fabr. in Enum. Meth. Pl.: 98 (1759), nom. superfl.
  • Laterifissum Dulac in Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 366 (1867), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Claytoniella Jurtzev in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 57: 644 (1972)
  • Crunocallis Rydb. in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 139 (1906)
  • Leptrina Raf. in Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 182 (1819)
  • Limnalsine Rydb. in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 21: 295 (1932)
  • Maxia Ö.Nilsson in Grana Palynol. 7: 359 (1967)
  • Mona Ö.Nilsson in Bot. Not. 119: 266 (1966)
  • Montiastrum Rydb. in Fl. Rocky Mts.: 265 (1917)
  • Naiocrene Rydb. in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 139 (1906)
  • Neopaxia Ö.Nilsson in Bot. Not. 119: 469 (1966)
  • Paxia Ö.Nilsson in Bot. Not. 119: 274 (1966), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Regional:Subarctic & Temp. to Tropical Mountains. Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Colorado, Corse, Costa Rica, Crozet Is., Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Heard-McDonald Is., Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Iowa, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kenya, Kerguelen, Khabarovsk, Kriti, Kuril Is., Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Macquarie Is., Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Marion-Prince Edward, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Minnesota, Montana, Morocco, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Australia, South Georgia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tasmania, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Washington, Western Australia, Wyoming, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zaïre Introduced into: Maryland, Mississippi References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 87. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Burkhardt, L. 2018. Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. [Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée.] Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. Teil I: 1220 pp.; Teil II: 1296 pp. (German) ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. DOI: 10.3372/epolist2018 Reference page. 
• Heenan, P.B. 2007. New combinations in Montia (Portulacaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 45 (2): 437–439. DOI: 10.1080/00288250709509725 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Montia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Sept. 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Montia. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 18 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Montia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Apr. 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Montia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Miner's Lettuce
suomi: Hetekaalit

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