Mercurialis ovata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Mercurialis ovata Sternb. & Hoppe, Denkschr. Bayer. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 1: 170 (1815).

Homotypic
- Mercurialis perennis var. ovata (Sternb. & Hoppe) Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 796 (1866).
- Mercurialis perennis subsp. ovata (Sternb. & Hoppe) Čelak., Prodr. Fl. Böhmen: 125 (1871).
- Mercurialis ovata f. genuina Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, VII: 279 (1914), nom. inval.
Heterotypic
- Mercurialis livida Port. ex Baumg., Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. 3: 344 (1846).
  - Mercurialis ovata var. livida (Port. ex Baumg.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur., Suppl. 2: 274 (1890).
- Mercurialis ovata f. croatica Degen, Magyar Bot. Lapok 4: 250 (1905).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Northwest Balkan Peninsula.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Krym, South European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Lebanon-Syria, Türkiye.

Sternberg, C. von & Hoppe, D.H. 1815. Einige neue Pflanzen Deutschlands, nebst eingestreuten Bemerkungen über die verwandten Arten. Denkschriften der Königlich-Baierischen Botanischen Gesellschaft in Regensburg 1: 148–172, Tab. II–IV. BHL Reference page.

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