Montia fontana

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: Montia fontana
Subspecies: M. f. subsp. amporitana – M. f. subsp. fontana – M. f. subsp. minor – M. f. subsp. variabilis

Name

Montia fontana L. Sp. Pl. 1: 87 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cameraria fontana (L.) Moench, Methodus: 520 (1794).
  • Montia aquatica P.Micheli ex Rupr., Fl. Ingrica: 389 (1860), nom. superfl.
  • Claytonia fontana (L.) R.J.Davis, Leafl. Contrib. Fl. Idaho 1: 3 (1945).

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. 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 British Columbia, Manitoba. Regional: Eastern Canada Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California, Nevada, Utah. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northwest. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica. Regional: Northern South America Venezuela (introduced). 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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Montia fontana 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. 2923. Montia fontana. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 18 2923.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Montia fontana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

suomi: Lähdehetekaali
magyar: Tavaszi forrásfű
polski: Zdrojek błyszczący

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