Monanthes pallens

Monanthes pallens

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Crassulaceae
Subfamilia: Sempervivoideae
Tribus: Aeonieae
Genus: Monanthes
Species: Monanthes pallens

Name

Monanthes pallens (Webb ex Christ) Christ, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 9: 162 (1888).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Petrophyes pallens Webb ex Christ, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 9: 115 (1887).
    • Lectotype (designated by Nyffeler, Bradleya 10: 70 (1992): Gomera, Barranco de San Sebastian, 3.4.1845, anon, in Bourgeau, schedae ad ‘Pl. Canarienses’, no. 270 (Lecotype: BM, isolectotypes: G, JE, Z).
• Homotypic
  • Petrophyes pallens Webb in Bourgeau, Schedae ad ‘Pl. Canarienses’, no. 270 (1846), nom. inval.
• Heterotypic
  • Petrophyes brachycaulos var. gomerae Pit. in Pitard & Proust, Iles Canaries 2: 195 (1909).
    • Lectotype (designated by Nyffeler, Bradleya 10: 70 (1992): Gomera, [Barranco de la Concepcion near] San Sebastian, Pitard, schedae ad ‘Pl. Canarienses Exsiccatae’ no. 85 (Lectotype: G).
  • Petrophyes brachycaulos var. bulbosus Knoche in schedis, nom. nud.
    • Based on: Gomera, Agulo, 18.9.1915/16, Knoche 429 (DS).
  • Monanthes pallens var. silensis Praeger, Proc. Roy. Irish Acad., Sect. B, 38: 495 (1929).
    • Type: not located; description presumably based on living material.
    • Monanthes silensis (Praeger) Svent., Ind. Sem., Agron. Investig. Nat. Hispan. Inst., 46 (1968).
  • Monanthes pallens f. ramosa Praeger, , Proc. Roy. Irish Acad., Sect. B, 38: 495 (1929).
    • Type: not located; description presumably based on living material.
  • Monanthes pallens f. fasciata Praeger, J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 232 (1932).
    • Type: not located; description presumably based on living material only.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands (Tenerife, La Gomera) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Christ, K.H.H. 1887. Spicilegium Canariense. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 9(1): 86–172. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Nyffeler, R. 1992. A taxonomic revision of the genus Monanthes Haworth (Crassulaceae). Bradleya 10: 49–82. DOI: 10.25223/brad.n10.1992.a5 Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Monanthes pallens. 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 Dec 01. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Monanthes pallens. Published online. Accessed: Dec 01 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Monanthes pallens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 01. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Monanthes pallens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 Dec 2019.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Bleiches Monanthes
español: Pelotilla pallida

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