Mollugo

Mollugo pentaphylla

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Molluginaceae
Genus: Mollugo
Species: M. brasiliensis – M. brevipes – M. crockeri – M. cubensis – M. disticha – M. enneandra – M. flavescens – M. floriana – M. pinosia – M. snodgrassii – M. ulei – M. verticillata – M. viscosa

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Mollugo in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 17. Reference page.

Name

Mollugo L. Sp. Pl. 1: 89. (1753)

• Type species: Mollugo verticillata L. Sp. Pl. 1: 89. (1753)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Doosera Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. in Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 362 (1834)
  • Galiastrum Heist. ex Fabr. in Enum. Meth. Pl.: 108 (1759)
  • Glischrothamnus Pilg. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 396 (1908)
  • Rolofa Adans. in Fam. Pl. 2: 256 (1763)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:New World Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, California, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming Continental:Africa Regional: Southern Africa Angola, Cape Provinces Continental:Asia-tropical Regional: Indian subcontinent India Introduced into: Ascension, Azores, Benin, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, China North-Central, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Hainan, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Korea, Mali, Mexican Pacific Is., Nansei-shoto, Portugal, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South China Sea, Spain, Taiwan 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: 89. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Christenhusz, M.J.M., Brockington, S.F., Christin, P.A. & Sage, R.F. 2014. On the disintegration of Molluginaceae: a new genus and family (Kewa, Kewaceae) segregated from Hypertelis, and placement of Macarthuria in Macarthuriaceae. Phytotaxa 181(4): 238–242. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.181.4.4 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Thulin, M., Moore, A.J., El-Seedi, H., Larsson, A., Christin, P.A. & Edwards, E.J. 2016. Phylogeny and generic delimitation in Molluginaceae, new pigment data in Caryophyllales, and the new family Corbichoniaceae. Taxon 65(4): 775–793. DOI: 10.12705/654.6 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Mollugo in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 17. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2017. Mollugo. 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. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Apr. 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Mollugo. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 21 2017.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Молуго
English: Carpet Weeds, carpetweed
فارسی: گلی‌ناز
മലയാളം: മൊലുഗോ
polski: Ugłasta
русский: Моллюго
svenska: Kransörter
Tiếng Việt: Chi Bình cu
中文: 毯粟草属, 粟米草属

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