Moenchia erecta

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: Moenchia erecta
Subspecies: M. e. subsp. erecta – M. e. subsp. octandra

Name

Moenchia erecta (L.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb., Oekon. Fl. Wetterau 1: 219 (1799).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Sagina erecta L., Sp. Pl. 1: 128 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Alsine erecta (L.) Crantz, Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 405 (1766).
  • Alsinella erecta (L.) Moench, Methodus: 222 (1794).
  • Cerastium erectum (L.) Coss. & Germ., Fl. Descr. Anal. Paris: 39 (1845).
  • Cerastium erectum (L.) Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 18: 268 (1891), isonym
  • Doerriena erecta (L.) Borkh., Rhein. Mag. Erweit. Naturk. 1: 528 (1793).
  • Malachium erectum (L.) Gren., Acad. Sci. Besançon, Séance Publique 1839: 186 (1839).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Great Britain. Regional: Middle Europe Belgium, Czechoslovakia (extinct), Germany, Netherlands (extinct), Poland (introduced). Regional: Southwestern Europe Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, 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 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

• Gaertner, G., Meyer, B. & Scherbius, J. 1799. Oekonomisch-Technische Flora der Wetterau. Erster Band. 551 pp. Philipp Heinrich Guilhauman, Frankfurt am Main. e-rara Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 128. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Moenchia erecta. 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 Sep 02. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Moenchia erecta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sep 02. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Moenchia erecta. Published online. Accessed: Sep 02 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Moenchia erecta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Sep 2019.

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