Rhexia mariana

Rhexia mariana

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: Melastomataceae
Subfamilia: Melastomatoideae
Tribus: Rhexieae
Genus: Rhexia
Species: Rhexia mariana
Varietates: R. m. var. exalbida – R. m. var. mariana

Name

Rhexia mariana L., Sp. Pl. 1: 346 (1753).

• Typus: "Habitat in Marilandia." Lectotype (designated by James, Brittonia 8: 224 (1956)): "Lysimachia non papposa Terrae Marianae, leptoneurophyllos, flore tetrapetalo rubello, folio & caule hirsutie ferruginea hispidis" in Plukenet, Amalth. Bot., t. 428, f. 1 (1705).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 346. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Rhexia mariana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 29. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Rhexia mariana. 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 December 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Rhexia mariana. Published online. Accessed: December 29 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Rhexia mariana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 December 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Rhexia mariana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Maryland meadowbeauty

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