Paramollugo nudicaulis

Paramollugo nudicaulis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Molluginaceae
Genus: Paramollugo
Species: Paramollugo nudicaulis

Name

Paramollugo nudicaulis (Lam.) Thulin Taxon 65(4): 786 (2016).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Mollugo nudicaulis Lam., Encycl. 4: 234 (1797).
  • Lampetia nudicaulis (Lam.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 34 (1837).
  • Pharnaceum nudicaule (Lam.) D.Dietr., Syn. Plant. 2: 1014 (1840).
  • Mollugo sinaica Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 154 (1841).
  • Mollugo caespitosa Scott Elliot, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 29: 25 (1891).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Libya. Regional: Macaronesia Cape Verde. Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Rwanda, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Aldabra (introduced), Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Sinai. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Regional: China Hainan, China Southeast. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Myanmar, South China Sea, Thailand, Vietnam. Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Maryland (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional references

• Yao, G. 2019. Taxonomic revision of Chinese Molluginaceae. Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany 27: 713–720.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Paramollugo nudicaulis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Paramollugo nudicaulis. Published online. Accessed: February 18 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Paramollugo nudicaulis. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 18. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Paramollugo nudicaulis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 February 2024.

Vernacular names

English: nakedstem carpetweed
中文: 无茎粟米草

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