Cuphea melvilla

Cuphea melvilla

Cuphea melvilla

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 melvilla

Name

Cuphea melvilla Lindl., 1824

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cuphea speciosa (A.Anderson ex Raf.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 96 (1898), nom. illeg.
  • Melvilla speciosa A.Anderson ex Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 102 (1838)
• Heterotypic
  • Cuphea elegans Klotzsch ex Koehne in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(2): 301 (1877), pro syn.
  • Cuphea melvillei Lem. in Hort. Vanhoutt. 1(2): 38 (1846), orth. var.
  • Cuphea penicillaria Pohl ex Koehne in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(2): 301 (1877), pro syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Paraguay Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Regional: Northern South America Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J., 1824. Botanical Register; Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment. London 10: t. 852.

Additional references

• Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O., Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C.F.S. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur (Argentina, Sur de Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107(1): i–xcvi, 1–983; 107(2): i–xx, 985–2286; 107(3): i–xxi, 2287–3348. ISBN 978-1-930723-70-2 ResearchGate (Vol. 2, Asteraceae); ResearchGate (Vol. 2, pp. 1581–1627, Bignoniaceae) . Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Cuphea melvilla 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 melvilla. Published online. Accessed: August 18 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Cuphea melvilla. 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 melvilla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 August 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cuphea melvilla in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

português: Cigarrinha

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