Micranthemum

Micranthemum umbrosum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Linderniaceae
Genus: Micranthemum
Species: M. arenarioides – M. bryoides – M. callitrichoides – M. erosum – M. glomeratum – M. longipes – M. micranthemoides – M. procerorum – M. reflexum – M. rotundatum – M. standleyi – M. tetrandrum – M. umbrosum

Name

Micranthemum Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) 1: 10. (1803)

• Type species: Micranthemum umbrosum (J.F.Gmel.) S.F.Blake, Rhodora 17: 131 (1915); vide D.B. Ward in Rhodora, 65: 89. (1962)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Amphiolanthus Griseb. in Cat. Pl. Cub.: 186 (1866)
  • Globifera J.F.Gmel. in Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 32 (1791)
  • Hemianthus Nutt. in J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 119 (1817)
  • Hemisiphonia Urb. in Symb. Antill. 6: 40 (1909)
  • Pinarda Vell. in Fl. Flumin.: 23 (1829)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: E. U.S.A. to Tropical & Subtropical America. Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Virginia, Windward Is. Extinct in: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania Introduced into: Japan References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Michaux, A. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana (Michaux) 1: 10.

Additional references

• Fischer, E., Schäferhoff, B. & Müller, K. 2013. The phylogeny of Linderniaceae – The new genus Linderniella, and new combinations within Bonnaya, Craterostigma, Lindernia, Micranthemum, Torenia and Vandellia. Willdenowia 43(2): 209–238. DOI: 10.3372/wi.43.43201 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Micranthemum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan. 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Micranthemum. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 15 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Micranthemum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Jan. 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Micranthemum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

čeština: Malokvětka, polokvětka
français: Micranthème

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