Cuphea procumbens

Cuphea procumbens

Cuphea procumbens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Lythraceae
Genus: Cuphea
Species: Cuphea procumbens

Name

Cuphea procumbens Ortega, 1797

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Parsonsia procumbens (Ortega) A.Heller in Cat. N. Amer. Pl.: 5 (1898)
• Heterotypic
  • Cuphea bilimekii Koehne in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 216: 155 (1903)
  • Cuphea erecta Hoffmanns. in Verz. Pfl.-Kult.: 290 (1824), not validly publ.
  • Cuphea lanceolata Baill. in Hist. Pl. 6: 431 (1877), nom. illeg.
  • Cuphea palustris Hemsl. in Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 1: 445 (1880)
  • Cuphea procumbens Cav. in Icon. 4: 55 (1798), nom. illeg.
  • Cuphea procumbens var. pallidiflora Fenzl in Index Seminum (WU, Vindobonensis) 1849-1850(Adv. Bot.): 5 (1851)
  • Cuphea × purpurea var. lilacina Haage ex Herder in Gartenflora 16: 204 (1867)
  • Parsonsia bilimekii (Koehne) Standl. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 1020 (1924)
  • Parsonsia dispersa M.E.Jones in Contr. W. Bot. 18: 63 (1933)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Assam, Bolivia, East Himalaya, Georgia, Jawa, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Nepal, North Carolina References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Ortega, C.G. 1797. Novarum, aut Rariorum Plantarum Horti Reg. Botan. Matrit. Descriptionum Decades, cum Nonnullarum Iconibus ... Superiorum Permisso. Decas prima, secunda, tertia, et quarta 51 pp. Matriti [Madrid]. BHL Reference page. : 17

Additional references

• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Cuphea procumbens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Cuphea procumbens. Published online. Accessed: August 18 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Cuphea procumbens. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 18. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Cuphea procumbens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 August 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cuphea procumbens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

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