Mollia (Malvaceae)

Mollia lepidota

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Grewioideae
Tribus: Grewieae
Genus: Mollia
Species: M. burchellii – M. cuneata – M. glabrescens – M. globularis – M. gracilis – M. grandiflora – M. lepidota – M. longifolia – M. macrophylla – M. nitida – M. paraensis – M. speciosa – M. tomentosa – M. ulei – M. williamsii

Name

Mollia Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 1(4): 96. (1826), nom. cons.

• Type species: Mollia speciosa Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 1(4): 97, t. 60. (1826)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Schlechtendalia Spreng. (1827) vide Schlechtendalia Less., (1830) nom. cons. (Asteraceae)

Homonyms

• Mollia J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. 2(1): 420 (1791) vide Baeckea L. (Myrtaceae)
• Mollia Willd., Hort. Berol. [Willdenow] 1(1): 11 (1803), nom. illeg. hom. vide Polycarpaea Lam. (Caryophyllaceae)
• Mollia Schrank ex Borkh., Tent. Disp. Pl. German., op. posth. 152. (1809) nom. illeg. hom. see earlier names Tortula Hedw. & Barbula Hedw. (Pottiaceae)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Tropical America Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Martius, C.F.P. de 1826. Nova genera et species plantarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII–MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi suscepto collegit et descripsit Dr. C. F. P. de Martius ..., vol. 2. Pp. 1–148, tt. 101–200. Typis C. Wolf, Monachii [Munich]. BHL Reference page. : 96.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Mollia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 26. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2020. Mollia. 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Mollia. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 26 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Mollia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Dec. 2020.

Vernacular names

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