Montia

Montia fontana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Montiaceae
Genus: Montia
Species: M. angustifolia – M. australasica – M. biapiculata – M. bostockii – M. calcicola – M. calycina – M. campylostigma – M. chamissoi – M. dichotoma – M. diffusa – M. drucei – M. erythrophylla – M. fontana – M. howellii – M. linearis – M. meridensis – M. parvifolia – M. racemosa – M. sessiliflora – M. vassilievii

Name

Montia L., Sp. Pl.: 87 (1753).

• Type species: Montia fontana L. Sp. Pl. 1: 87–88. (1753)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cameraria Fabr., Enum. Meth. Pl.: 98 (1759), nom. superfl.
  • Laterifissum Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 366 (1867), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Leptrina Raf., Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 182 (1819).
  • Naiocrene Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 139 (1906).
  • Crunocallis Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 139 (1906).
  • Montiastrum Rydb., Fl. Rocky Mts.: 265 (1917).
  • Limnalsine Rydb. in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 21: 295 (1932).
  • Paxia Ö.Nilsson, Bot. Not. 119: 274 (1966), nom. illeg.
  • Neopaxia Ö.Nilsson, Bot. Not. 119: 469 (1966).
  • Mona Ö.Nilsson, Bot. Not. 119: 266 (1966).
  • Maxia Ö.Nilsson, Grana Palynol. 7: 359 (1967).
  • Claytoniella Jurtzev, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 57: 644 (1972).

Homonyms

• Montia Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: [s.p.] (1754), nom. illeg. = Heliocarpus L., Sp. Pl.: 448 (1753).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Regional: Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Rwanda, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia Buryatiya, Irkutsk, Yakutskiya. Regional: Russian Far East Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin. Regional: Caucasus Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria, Turkey. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Papuasia New Guinea. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia. Regional: New Zealand Antipodean Islands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South. Continental: Northern America Regional: Subarctic America Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Greenland, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon. Regional: Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Regional: Eastern Canada Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Iowa, Minnesota. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Indiana (introduced), Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey (introduced), New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Maryland, Mississippi (introduced). Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, Guatemala. Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Southern South America Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile South, Uruguay. Continental: Antarctic Regional: Subantarctic Islands Crozet Islands, Falkland Islands, Heard-McDonald Islands, Kerguelen, Macquarie Islands, Marion-Prince Edward Islands, South Georgia. 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: 87. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Burkhardt, L. 2018. Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. [Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée.] Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. Teil I: 1220 pp.; Teil II: 1296 pp. (German) ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. DOI: 10.3372/epolist2018 Reference page. 
• Heenan, P.B. 2007. New combinations in Montia (Portulacaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 45 (2): 437–439. DOI: 10.1080/00288250709509725 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Montia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Sept. 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Montia. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 18 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Montia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Apr. 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Montia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Miner's Lettuce
suomi: Hetekaalit

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