Commicarpus scandens

Commicarpus scandens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Nyctaginaceae
Tribus: Nyctagineae
Genus: Commicarpus
Species:

Name

Commicarpus scandens (L.) Standl., 1916

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Valeriana scandens (L.) Forssk. in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 12 (1775), nom. illeg.
    • Boerhavia scandens L. in Sp. Pl.: 3 (1753)
  • Heterotypic
    • Boerhavia grahamii A.Gray in Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2, 15: 323 (1853)
    • Boerhavia sarmentosa Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 21 (1797)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental:Northern America
    • Regional: Southern Central USA
      • Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
  • Continental:Southern America
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Aruba, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is.
    • Regional: Northern South America
      • Colombia, Venezuela
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Ecuador, Peru
    • Regional: Central America
      • Guatemala

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

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