Mentzelia aspera

Mentzelia aspera

Taxonavigation

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

Mentzelia aspera L., 1753

Homonyms

• Mentzelia aspera Cav. = Mentzelia hispida Willd.

Synonyms

• 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

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

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 516. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2023. Mentzelia aspera. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 July. 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Mentzelia aspera. Published online. Accessed: July. 31 2023.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Mentzelia aspera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 July. 31. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Mentzelia aspera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 July. 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Mentzelia aspera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Tropical Blazingstar

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