Mayaca

Mayaca fluviatilis Typus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Mayacaceae
Genus: Mayaca
Species: M. baumii – M. fluviatilis – M. kunthii – M. longipes – M. madida – M. sellowiana – M. wrightii

Name

• Mayaca Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 42 (1775)
• Type species: Mayaca fluviatilis Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 42 (1775)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Biaslia Vand., Fl. Lusit. Bras. Spec.: 4 (1788)
  • Syena Schreb., Gen. Pl.: 39 (1789)
  • Coletia Vell., Fl. Flumin.: 32 (1829)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical America Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, South Carolina, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Congo, Zambia, Zaïre Introduced into: China Southeast, Jawa, Malaya, New South Wales, Queensland, Sri Lanka References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 1. Pp. I–XXIX, 30–32, 1–621. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 1: 42–44, pl. 15.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Mayaca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 27. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2013. Mayaca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Oct. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Mayaca. Published online. Accessed: 27 Oct. 2013.

Vernacular names

русский: Майяка

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