Lagascea mollis

Lagascea mollis

Lagascea mollis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Helianthinae
Genus: Lagascea
Species: Lagascea mollis

Name

Lagascea mollis Cav., Anales Ci. Nat. 6 1803.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Nocca mollis (Cav.) Jacq. in Fragm. Bot.: 58 (1805)
• Heterotypic
  • Lagascea campestris Gardner in London J. Bot. 5: 238 (1846)
  • Lagascea kunthiana Gardner in London J. Bot. 5: 238 (1846)
  • Lagascea parvifolia Klatt in Ann. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 9: 360 (1894)

Homonyms

• Lagascea mollis Sch. Bip. = Lagascea decipiens Hemsl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan) Continental: Southern America Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Curacao, Colombia (Antioquia, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Norte de Santander, Tolima, Valle), Venezuela (Aragua, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Lara, Merida, Miranda), NE-Brazil (Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Bahia), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro) , Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, Costa Rica, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina (Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Formosa, Jujuy, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman), Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Central), Bolivia (Chuquisaca, La Paz, Santa Cruz), Trinidad References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Cav., 1803. Anales de Ciencias Naturales. Madrid 6:333, t. 44.

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Lagascea mollis. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 09 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Lagascea mollis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 09. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Lagascea mollis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Feb. 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Lagascea mollis. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 09. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lagascea mollis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Silkleaf (Lesser Antilles)

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