Villarsia capensis

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Asterales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Menyanthaceae
Genus: Villarsia
Species: V. capensis – V. goldblattiana – V. manningiana

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Name edit

Villarsia Vent., Choix Pl. ad t. 9 (1803), nom. cons.

  • Type species: Villarsia capensis (Houtt.) Merr., J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 360. (1938)

Synonyms edit

  • Heterotypic
    • Renealmia Houtt., Natuurl. Hist. 2(8): 335. 1777, nom. illeg. non L. (1753) nom. rej., nec L.f. (1782) nom. cons.

Homonyms

  • Villaria V.Bally, Notice Hist. sur Villar Cf. Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. v.5 (1858) 309 (1858) ortho. var. vide Villaria Vent. (1803) Rubiaceae
  • Villarsia J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. 2(1): 447 (1791) vide Nymphoides Ség. in Pl. Veron. 3: 121 (1754)
  • Villarsia Neck., Elem. Bot. (Necker) 2: 110 (1790), nom. inval. vide Cabomba Aubl. in Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 321 (1775)
  • Villarsia J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. 2(1): 447 (1791), nom. rej. vide Villarsia Vent. (1803)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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