Mollugo

Mollugo pentaphylla

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Molluginaceae
Genus: Mollugo
Species: M. brasiliensis – M. brevipes – M. crockeri – M. cubensis – M. disticha – M. enneandra – M. flavescens – M. floriana – M. pinosia – M. snodgrassii – M. ulei – M. verticillata

Name

Mollugo L. Sp. Pl. 1: 89. (1753)

• Type species: Mollugo verticillata L. Sp. Pl. 1: 89. (1753)

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 89.
• Christenhusz, M.J.M., Brockington, S.F., Christin, P.A. & Sage, R.F. 2014. On the disintegration of Molluginaceae: a new genus and family (Kewa, Kewaceae) segregated from Hypertelis, and placement of Macarthuria in Macarthuriaceae. Phytotaxa 181(4): 238–242. doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.181.4.4 Full text PDF from ResearchGate reference page 
• Hassler, M. 2017. Mollugo. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (version Mar. 2018). In: Roskov 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. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Apr. 21.
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Mollugo. Published online. Accessed Apr. 21 2017.

• Thulin, M., Moore, A.J., El-Seedi, H., Larsson, A., Christin, P.A. & Edwards, E.J. 2016. Phylogeny and generic delimitation in Molluginaceae, new pigment data in Caryophyllales, and the new family Corbichoniaceae. Taxon 65(4): 775–793. doi: 10.12705/654.6 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Carpet Weeds

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