Monnina herbacea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Polygalaceae
Tribus: Polygaleae
Genus: Monnina
Species: Monnina herbacea

Name

Monnina herbacea DC., Prodr. 1: 340. 1824.

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Pteromonnina herbacea (DC.) B.Eriksen, Pl. Syst. Evol. 186(1–2): 50. 1993.

• Heterotypic
  • Monnina spruceana Chodat, Bull. Herb. Boissier 2(3): 167. 1894.
  • Monnina graminea Chodat, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42(1): 103(–104). 1908.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Western South America Ecuador, Peru. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1824. Ordo XVIII. Polygaleae. Pp. 321–342 in Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta, Pars 1, Sistens Thalamiflorarum ordines LIV. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 
• Eriksen, B. 1993. Phylogeny of the Polygalaceae and its taxonomic implications. Plant Systematics and Evolution 186: 33–55. DOI: 10.1007/BF00937712 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Eriksen, B. 1993. A revision of Monnina subg. Pterocarya (Polygalaceae) in northwestern South America. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 80: 191–207. BHL JSTOR Reference page. 
• Eriksen, B. 2000. Pteromonnina. Pp. 104–111 in Eriksen, B., Ståhl, B. & Persson, C., 102. Polygalaceae. In Harling, G. & Andersson, L. (eds.), Flora of Ecuador, No. 65: 1–134. University of Göteborg & Riksmuseum, Stockholm. ISBN 91-88896-21-8. Reference page. 
• Ferreyra, R. 1946. A revision of the Peruvian species of Monnina. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 27: 123–167, tt. I–X. BHL Reference page.  (as Monnina graminea and M. herbacea)
• Ferreyra, R. 1950. 4. Monnina R. & P. Pp. 913–948 in Macbride, J.F., Polygalaceae Lindl. In Flora of Peru. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(3/3): 891–950. BHL Reference page.  (as Monnina graminea and M. herbacea)

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Monnina herbacea. Published online. Accessed: 01 June 2019.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Monnina herbacea.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Monnina herbacea. 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 June 01. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2019. Monnina herbacea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 June 2019.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Pteromonnina herbacea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 June 2019.
• Tropicos.org: Peru Checklist: Monnina herbacea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 June 2019.

Note:

Ferreyra (1946, 1950) synonymized Monnina polygonoides under M. herbacea. According to Eriksen (1993), both have little in common.