Rhexia L.

Rhexia virginica

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Melastomataceae
Subfamilia: Melastomatoideae
Tribus: Rhexieae
Genus: Rhexia
Species: R. alifanus – R. aristosa – R. cubensis – R. interior – R. lutea – R. mariana – R. nashii – R. nuttallii – R. parviflora – R. petiolata – R. salicifolia – R. ventricosa – R. virginica

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Rhexia L. in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 29. Reference page.

Name

Rhexia Gronov. in L., Sp. Pl. 1: 346 (1753); Gen. Pl. ed. 5. 163 (1754).

• Type species: Rhexia virginica L.; lectotype, designated by N.L. Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N.U.S. ed. 2. 2: 582 (7 Jun 1913), approved by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot. 149 (Aug 1929).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Alifanus Adans., Fam. 2: 234 (1763).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Eastern Canada Nova Scotia, Ontario. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia. Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 346. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 163. Reference page.  (Name attributed to Gronovius)

Additional references

• Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions: from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. ed. 2. C. Scribner's sons, New York. Vol. 2: 582. Reference page. 
• Hitchcock, A.S. & Green, M.L. 1929. Standard species of Linnaean genera of Phanerogamae (1753–1754). pp. 111–195. In: Sprague, T.A. (ed.): International Botanical Congress. Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Kral, R. & Bostick, P.E. 1969. The genus Rhexia (Melastomataceae). SIDA, Contributions to Botany 3(6): 387–440. JSTOR . BHL. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Rhexia. 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 Mar. 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Rhexia. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 13 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Rhexia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 13. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Rhexia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Mar. 2019.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Rhexia L. in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2021 Dec 27.

Vernacular names

العربية: ركسية
čeština: Kotevnice
English: meadowbeauty

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