Molluginaceae

Mollugo L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 89 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is New World, Angola, Cape Prov., India, Sri Lanka.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Introduced into:

Ascension, Azores, Benin, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, China North-Central, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Hainan, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Korea, Mali, Mexican Pacific Is., Nansei-shoto, Portugal, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South China Sea, Spain, Taiwan

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Pax & Hoffmann in Engl. Pflanzenfam. 16C: 226 (1934).
  • —F.T.A. 2: 589

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 39 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl. 1: 49 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Adamson in J. S. Afr. Bot. 24: 13 (1958)
  • Fenzl in Ann. Wien. Mus. 1: 375 (1836)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 39 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 49 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2006 Ranaivojaona, R.; et. al [1442] Madagascar K000607662 Type Yes
Bolus, H. [ K000232024 Type No
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 653] Burma K001132356 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K000641801 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 649] Bangladesh K001111476 Unknown Type Material Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] K000641800 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mueller, F. [s.n.] Australia K000641799 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0