Montia

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Montiaceae
Genus: Montia
Species: M. angustifolia – M. australasica – M. biapiculata – M. bostockii – M. calcicola – M. calycina – M. campylostigma – M. chamissoi – M. dichotoma – M. diffusa – M. drucei – M. erythrophylla – M. fontana – M. howellii – M. linearis – M. meridensis – M. parvifolia – M. racemosa – M. sessiliflora – M. vassilievii

Name

Montia L., Sp. Pl.: 87 (1753).

Type species: Montia fontana L. Sp. Pl. 1: 87–88. (1753)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Cameraria Fabr., Enum. Meth. Pl.: 98 (1759), nom. superfl.
- Laterifissum Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 366 (1867), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic
- Leptrina Raf., Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 182 (1819).
- Naiocrene Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 139 (1906).
- Crunocallis Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 139 (1906).
- Montiastrum Rydb., Fl. Rocky Mts.: 265 (1917).
- Limnalsine Rydb. in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 21: 295 (1932).
- Paxia Ö.Nilsson, Bot. Not. 119: 274 (1966), nom. illeg.
- Neopaxia Ö.Nilsson, Bot. Not. 119: 469 (1966).
- Mona Ö.Nilsson, Bot. Not. 119: 266 (1966).
- Maxia Ö.Nilsson, Grana Palynol. 7: 359 (1967).
- Claytoniella Jurtzev, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 57: 644 (1972).

Homonyms

Montia Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: [s.p.] (1754), nom. illeg. = Heliocarpus L., Sp. Pl.: 448 (1753).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Rwanda, Zaire.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Buryatiya, Irkutsk, Yakutskiya.
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria, Turkey.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Papuasia
  - New Guinea.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia.
- Regional: New Zealand
  - Antipodean Islands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Subarctic America
  - Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Greenland, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon.
- Regional: Western Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan.
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Iowa, Minnesota.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Indiana (introduced), Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey (introduced), New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont.
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah.
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Maryland, Mississippi (introduced).
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica, Guatemala.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile South, Uruguay.
Continental: Antarctic
- Regional: Subantarctic Islands
  - Crozet Islands, Falkland Islands, Heard-McDonald Islands, Kerguelen, Macquarie Islands, Marion-Prince Edward Islands, South Georgia.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 87. Reference page.

Additional references

Burkhardt, L. 2018. Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. [Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée.] Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. Teil I: 1220 pp.; Teil II: 1296 pp. (German) ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. DOI: 10.3372/epolist2018 Reference page.
Heenan, P.B. 2007. New combinations in Montia (Portulacaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 45 (2): 437–439. DOI: 10.1080/00288250709509725 Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Montia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Sept. 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Montia. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 18 2023. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Montia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Apr. 2023.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Montia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Miner's Lettuce
suomi: Hetekaalit