Cuphea micrantha

Cuphea micrantha

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 micrantha

Name

Cuphea micrantha Kunth, 1824

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Cuphea euphorbioides A.St.-Hil. in Fl. Bras. Merid. 3: 112 (1833)
  • Cuphea hirta (Spreng.) DC. in Prodr. 3: 86 (1828)
  • Cuphea micrantha var. longeciliata Lourteig in Sellowia 39: 9 (1987)
  • Cuphea rapunculoides Griseb. in Cat. Pl. Cub.: 105 (1866)
  • Cuphea valerii Standl. & L.O.Williams in Ceiba 3: 125 (1952)
  • Lythrum domingense Spreng. ex DC. in Prodr. 3: 86 (1828)
  • Melanium hirtum Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 454 (1825)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Southern America Regional: Western South America Bolivia Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Regional: Northern South America Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela Regional: Southern South America Paraguay Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Windward Is. Regional: Central America El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras Continental:Northern America Regional:Mexico Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Trinidad-Tobago References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kunth, C.S. in F. W. H. A. von Humboldt et al., 1824. Nov. Gen. Sp. 6:155[folio]. 1823; 6:196[quarto].

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. 
• 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 micrantha 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 micrantha. Published online. Accessed: August 18 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Cuphea micrantha. 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 micrantha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 August 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cuphea micrantha 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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