Monnina sylvatica

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 sylvatica

Name

Monnina sylvatica Schltdl. & Cham., Linnaea 5: 231. 1830.

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Monnina aestuans var. sylvatica (Schltdl. & Cham.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 48. 1891. (as β. silvatica)

• Heterotypic
  • ? Monnina deppei G.Don, Gen. Hist. 1: 367. 1831. (as M. Deppei)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Southern America Central America El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Don, G. 1831. A general history of the dichlamydeous plants, comprising complete descriptions of the different orders; ...; the whole arranged according to the natural system. Vol. I.—Thalamiflorae. XXVIII+818 pp. J.G. and F. Rivington, et al., London. BHL Reference page. 
• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars I. Pp. I–CLV, 1–374. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.] BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Taylor, C.M. 1985. A revision of the Central American species of Monnina (Polygalaceae). Rhodora 87(850): 159–188. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 
• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 
• Wendt, T.L. 2001. Polygalaceae Hoffmanns. & Link. Pp. 2154–2167 in Stevens, W.D., Ulloa Ulloa, C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (eds.), Flora de Nicaragua, Vol. 3, Angiospermas (Pandanaceae–Zygophyllaceae). (Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. Online Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Monnina sylvatica. Published online. Accessed: 21 July 2017.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Monnina sylvatica.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Monnina sylvatica. 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 July 21. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2015. Monnina sylvatica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 July 2015.
• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Monnina sylvatica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 July 2015.

Note:

By Taylor (1985), Monnina sylvicola was included in Monnina sylvatica. However, the former is accepted as a separate species more recently.