Mecardonia acuminata

Mecardonia acuminata

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: Plantaginaceae
Tribus: Gratioleae
Genus: Mecardonia
Species:
Varieties: M. a. var. acuminata – M. a. var.  microphylla – M. a. var. peninsularis

Name

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Bacopa acuminata (Walter) B.L.Rob. in Rhodora 10: 66 (1908)
    • Gratiola acuminata Walter in Fl. Carol.: 61 (1788)
    • Moniera acuminata (Walter) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 463 (1891)
    • Pagesia acuminata (Walter) Pennell in Monogr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 65 (1935)
    • Ambulia rigida Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 4: 58 (1838), nom. superfl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Southeastern USA
      • Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
    • Regional: Southeastern Central USA
      • Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, West Virginia
    • Introduced into:
      • Illinois

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

References

Primary references

  • Small, J.K. 1903. Flora of the Southeastern United States, being descriptions of the seed-plants, ferns and fern-allies growing naturally in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and the Indian territory and in Oklahoma and Texas east of the one-hundredth meridian. 1370 pp. Published by the author, New York. BHL Reference page. : 1065

Additional references

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2019). Flora of North America North of Mexico 17: 1-737. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Vernacular names

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