Rhexia alifanus

Rhexia alifanus

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: Rhexia alifanus

Name

Rhexia alifanus Walter, 1788

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Rhexia glabella var. alifanus (Walter) Pursh in Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 258 (1813)
• Heterotypic
  • Rhexia glabella Michx. in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 222 (1803)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional:Southeastern USA Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina Regional:Southern Central USA Texas References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Walter, T. 1788. Flora Caroliniana, secundum Systema vegetabilium Linnæi digesta, characteres essentiales naturalesve et differentias veras exhibens; cum emendationibus numerosis, descriptionum antea evulgatarum adumbrationes stirpium plus mille continens, necnon generibus novis non paucis, speciebus plurimis novisq. ornata. viii+263 pp., John Fraser, London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.9458 Reference page. : 130

Additional references

• Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Rhexia alifanus 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. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Rhexia alifanus. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Rhexia alifanus. Published online. Accessed: December 29 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Rhexia alifanus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 December 2023.

Vernacular names

English: savannah meadowbeauty

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