Mentzelia aspera

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Cornales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Cornales

Familia: Loasaceae
Genus: Mentzelia
Species: Mentzelia aspera

Name

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Mentzelia aspera L., 1753

Homonyms

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Synonyms

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  • Heterotypic
    • Acrolasia squalida Hook.f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 222 (1847)
    • Mentzelia aspera var. canescens Andersson in Galapagos Veg.: 222 (1854)
    • Mentzelia aspera var. lobata Andersson in Galapagos Veg.: 222 (1854)
    • Mentzelia aspera var. virescens Andersson in Galapagos Veg.: 222 (1854)
    • Mentzelia corumbaensis Hoehne in Relat. Commiss. Linhas Telegr. Estratég. Matto Grosso Amazonas 5(6): 54 (1915)
    • Mentzelia fragilis Huber in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 1: 314 (1901)
    • Mentzelia pedicellata C.Presl in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6: 246 (1851)
    • Mentzelia propinqua F.Aresch. in Freg. Eugenies Resa, Bot.: 133 (1910)
    • Mentzelia stipitata C.Presl in Reliq. Haenk. 2: 42 (1831), nom. illeg.
    • Mentzelia triloba Ruiz & Pav. in Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 16: 423 (1958), no type indicated.

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Southern South America
      • Argentina Northwest, Paraguay
    • Regional: Caribbeana
      • Aruba, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
    • Regional: Central America
      • Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Bolivia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru
    • Regional: Brazil
      • Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
    • Regional: Northern South America
      • Colombia, Venezuela
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Southern Central USA
      • Arizona
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
    • Introduced into:
      • Cape Verde

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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Vernacular names

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English: Tropical Blazingstar
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