Torenia crustacea

Torenia crustacea

Torenia crustacea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Linderniaceae
Genus: Torenia
Species: Torenia crustacea

Name

Torenia crustacea (L.) Cham. & Schltdl., Linnaea 2(4): 570. (1827)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Lindernia crustacea (L.) F.Muell. in Syst. Census Austral. Pl.: 97 (1882)
  • Pyxidaria crustacea (L.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 464 (1891)
  • Vandellia crustacea (L.) Benth. in Scroph. Ind.: 35 (1835)
  • Capraria crustacea L. in Mant. Pl. 1: 87 (1767)
• Heterotypic
  • Hornemannia ovata Link & Otto in Icon. Pl. Select.: 9 (1820)
  • Lindernia crustacea var. clarkei G.S.Giri & Majumdar in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 3: 253 (1982)
  • Lindernia crustacea var. verticillata (Haines) K.K.Khanna in Fl. Bihar, Analysis: 357 (2001)
  • Lindernia gracilis (Bonati) Bonati in H.Lecomte (ed.), Fl. Indo-Chine 4: 416 (1927)
  • Lindernia minuta (Blume) Koord. in Exkurs.-Fl. Java 3: 178 (1912)
  • Lindernia obtusa (Blume) Koord. in Exkurs.-Fl. Java 3: 178 (1912)
  • Lindernia racemosa Bonati in H.Lecomte (ed.), Fl. Indo-Chine 4: 413 (1927)
  • Pentsteira paniculata Griff. in Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 119 (1854)
  • Pyxidaria minuta (Blume) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 464 (1891)
  • Pyxidaria obtusa (Blume) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 465 (1891)
  • Tittmannia ovata Rchb. in Iconogr. Bot. Exot. 1: 27 (1824)
  • Tittmannia scabra Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 800 (1825)
  • Torenia flaccida R.Br. in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 440 (1810)
  • Torenia hexandra R.Br. in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 440 (1810)
  • Torenia lucida Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 3962 (1831)
  • Torenia minuta Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 755 (1826)
  • Torenia obtusa Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 754 (1826)
  • Torenia ovata Sweet in Hort. Brit.: 306 (1826)
  • Torenia rubella Buch.-Ham. in Numer. List: n.° 3962 A (1831)
  • Torenia scabra R.Br. in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 440 (1810)
  • Torenia varians Roxb. in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 96 (1832)
  • Ucnopsolen cordatum Raf. in Autik. Bot.: 155 (1840), not validly publ.
  • Vandellia alba Benth. in Scroph. Ind.: 35 (1835)
  • Vandellia bodinieri H.Lév. in Bull. Soc. Agric. Sarthe, reimpr., sér. 2, 39: 9 (1904)
  • Vandellia brownii Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 413 (1846)
  • Vandellia crustacea var. verticillata Haines in Bot. Bihar Orissa: 631 (1922)
  • Vandellia gracilis Bonati in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 539 (1908)
  • Vandellia minuta (Blume) Miq. in Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 691 (1857)
  • Vandellia obtusa (Blume) Miq. in Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 691 (1857)
  • Vandellia racemosa Spreng. in Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 1: 262 (1820)
  • Vandellia racemosa Bonati in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 537 (1908), nom. illeg.
  • Vandellia varians G.Don in Gen. Hist. 4: 549 (1838)
  • Buchnera capillaris Desv. in W.Hamilton, Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid.: 46 (1825)
  • Mimulus javanicus Blume in Catalogus: 83 (1823)
  • Antirrhinum hexandrum Forssk. in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 43 (1775)
  • Antirrhinum hexandrum G.Forst. in Fl. Ins. Austr.: 43 (1786)
  • Gratiola aspera Roth in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 1: 137 (1817)
  • Gratiola lucida Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 103 (1797)
  • Linaria hexandra F.Dietr. in Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 4: 394 (1818)
  • Morgania aspera Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 803 (1825)
  • Morgania lucida Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 802 (1825)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropics & Subtropics Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Congo, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Marianas, Marquesas, Mexico Central, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Zaïre Introduced into: Alabama, Arkansas, Cuba, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mauritius, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Seychelles, South Carolina, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Cham. & Schltdl., 1827. Linnaea. Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange 2(4): 570.

Links

• Torenia crustacea in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2022. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2022 Feb. 24.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Torenia crustacea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb. 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. Feb. 24. Torenia crustacea. Published online. Accessed: {{{3}}} Feb. 24.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Torenia crustacea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

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