Muehlenbeckia

Muehlenbeckia complexa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Polygonaceae
Subfamilia: Polygonoideae
Tribus: Polygoneae
Subtribus: Reynoutriinae
Genus: Muehlenbeckia
Species: M. adpressa – M. andina – M. astonii – M. australis – M. axillaris – M. complexa – M. diclina – M. ephedroides – M. fruticulosa – M. gracillima – M. gunnii – M. hastulata – M. monticola – M. nummularia – M. platyclada – M. polybotrya – M. rhyticarya – M. sagittifolia – M. tamnifolia – M. tiliifolia – M. triloba – M. tuggeranong – M. urubambensis – M. volcanica – M. zippelii

Name

Muehlenbeckia Meisn., Pl. Vasc. Gen. 1: 316 (1841), nom. cons.

• Type species: Muehlenbeckia australis (G.Forst.) Meisn., Pl. Vasc. Gen. 2: 227 (1841).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Calacinum Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 33. (1836), nom. rej.
  • Karkinetron Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 33. (1836), nom. rej.
  • Sarcogonum G.Don, Hort. Brit. 3: 577 (1839).
  • Homalocladium (F.Muell.) L.H.Bailey, Gentes Herbarum 2: 56 (1929).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe (introduced) Regional: Northern Europe Great Britain, Ireland. Regional: Southwestern Europe France, Portugal. Continental: Africa (introduced) Regional: Macaronesia Azores, Madeira. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion. Continental: Asia-Tropical (introduced) Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. Regional: Indo-China Vietnam. Regional: Papuasia New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Norfolk Islands, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia. Regional: New Zealand Chatham Islands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, New Caledonia (introduced). Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago (introduced). Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil South. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Paraguay, Uruguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Meisner, C.F. 1837–1843. Plantarum vascularium genera secundum ordines naturales digesta eorumque differentiae et affinitates tabulis diagnosticis expositae. Weidmann, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. 402 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Schuster, T.M., Wilson, K.L. & Kron, K.A. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships of Muehlenbeckia, Fallopia, and Reynoutria (Polygonaceae) investigated with chloroplast and nuclear sequence data. International Journal of Plant Sciences 172(8): 1053–1066. DOI: 10.1086/661293 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Muehlenbeckia in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2017. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2017 Mar. 10.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Muehlenbeckia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Aug. 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Muehlenbeckia. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 10 2017.
• Tropicos.org 2017. Muehlenbeckia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Mar. 2017. For South American species.

Vernacular names

suomi: Lankaköynnökset

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