Moenchia

Moenchia erecta

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Alsineae
Genus: Moenchia
Species: M. akmanii – M. erecta – M. graeca – M. mantica

Name

Moenchia Ehrh., Neues Mag. Aerzte 5(3): 203 [–204] (1783), nom. cons.

• Type species: Moenchia quaternella Ehrh. (= Moenchia erecta)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Alsinella Moench, Methodus: 222 (1794), nom. illeg., non Hill 1756).
  • Doerriena Borkh., Rhein. Mag. Erweit. Naturk. 1: 528 (1793).
• Heterotypic
  • Pentaple Rchb., Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: 205 (1841).
    • Type species: Pentaple mantica (L.) Rchb.)

Homonyms

• Moenchia Medik., Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 6(Phys.): 493 (1790) (= Allium L.).
• Moenchia Roth, Tent. Fl. Germ. 1: 273 (1788) (= Alyssum L.).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Great Britain. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia (extinct), Germany, Hungary, Netherlands (extinct), Poland (introduced), Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces (introduced). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey. Continental: Northern America (introduced) Regional: Western Canada British Columbia. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Oregon, Washington. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. North Carolina, South Carolina. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Ehrhart, J.F. 1783. Botanische Zurechtweisungen und Beschreibung zweyer neuer Pflanzen, Moenchia und Honckenya. Neues Magazin für Aerzte 5(3): 193–208. MDZ Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Moenchia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov 13. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Moenchia. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Moenchia. Published online. Accessed: May 18 2019.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Moenchia. .
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Moenchia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2022 Nov 13.

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