Monnina crassifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Polygalaceae
Tribus: Polygaleae
Genus: Monnina
Species: Monnina crassifolia

Name

Monnina crassifolia (Bonpl.) Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 5(23): 411. 1821 [1823]. – Nov. Gen. Sp. (folio ed.) 5(23): 321(–322). 1821 [1823].

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Hebeandra crassifolia Bonpl., Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 42. 1808.

• Heterotypic
  • Polygala mucronata Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 3(2): 888. 1802. – non Monnina mucronata Arechav., Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 3: 75. 1898.
  • Hebeandra revoluta Bonpl., Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 41. 1808.
  • Monnina revoluta (Bonpl.) Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 5(23): 412(–413), t. 501. 1823. – Nov. Gen. Sp. (folio ed.) 5(23): 322(–323), t. 501. 1821 [1823].
  • Monnina pseudoaestuans Ferreyra & Wurdack, Lloydia 16(3): 225(–226), fig. 29. 1953. (as pseudo-aestuans)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Western South America Colombia, Ecuador. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kunth, C.S. 1823. Polygaleae. Juss. Pp. 392–425, tt. 501–512 in Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S., Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt, Tomus 5 (quarto ed.). N. Maze, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 
• Kunth, C.S. 1823. Polygaleae. Juss. Pp. 307–331, tt. 501–512 in Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S., Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt, Tomus 5 (folio ed.). N. Maze, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. e-rara.ch Reference page. 

Additional references

• Eriksen, B. 2000. Monnina. Pp. 25–103 in Eriksen, B., Ståhl, B. & Persson, C., 102. Polygalaceae. In Harling, G. & Andersson, L. (eds.), Flora of Ecuador, No. 65: 1–134. University of Göteborg & Riksmuseum, Stockholm. ISBN 91-88896-21-8. Reference page. 
• Ferreyra, R. 1953. A revision of the Colombian species of Monnina (Polygalaceae). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 121(3): 1–59. BHL Reference page.  (as Monnina revoluta)
• Rankin Rodríguez, R. & Greuter, W. 2001. Humboldt, Willdenow, and Polygala (Polygalaceae). Taxon 50(4): 1231–1247. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Monnina crassifolia. Published online. Accessed: 26 May 2019.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Monnina crassifolia.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Monnina crassifolia. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 26. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2019. Monnina crassifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 May 2019.
• Monnina crassifolia in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 26 May 2019.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Monnina crassifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 May 2019.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Monnina pseudoaestuans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 May 2019.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Monnina revoluta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 May 2019.

Note:

The name Polygala mucronata has also been applied to Caamembeca insignis.