Vitex megapotamica

Vitex megapotamica

Vitex megapotamica

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Viticoideae
Genus: Vitex
Species Vitex megapotamica

Name

Vitex megapotamica (Spreng.) Moldenke, 1951

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Bignonia megapotamica Spreng., Syst. Veg. ed. 16, 4(2): 237 (1827).
• Heterotypic
  • Vitex montevidensis Cham., Linnaea 7: 373 (1832).
  • Vitex montevidensis var. multinervis Cham., Linnaea 7: 374 (1832).
  • Psilogyne viticifolia DC., Biblioth. Universelle Genève 17: 132 (1838).
  • Vitex taruma Mart., Syst. Mat. Med. Bras.: 55 (1843).
  • Vitex multinervis (Cham.) Schauer in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 688 (1847).
  • Vitex viticifolia (DC.) B.L.Rob., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 51: 531 (1916).
  • Vitex megapotamica f. albiflora Moldenke, Phytologia 4: 183 (1953).
  • Vitex megapotamica var. multinervis (Cham.) Moldenke, Phytologia 39: 424 (1978).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Paraguay, Uruguay Regional: Western South America Bolivia Regional: Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Moldenke, H.N., 1951. American Journal of Botany. Lancaster, PA 38:327.

Additional references

• Arbo, M.M. & al. (2018). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 20(1): 1-488. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Vitex megapotamica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 08. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Vitex megapotamica. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Vitex megapotamica. Published online. Accessed: June 08 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Vitex megapotamica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022 June 08.

Vernacular names

português: tarumã, azeitona do mato

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