Diodia
| Buttonweed | |
|---|---|
| |
| Diodia virginiana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Rubioideae |
| Tribe: | Spermacoceae |
| Genus: | Diodia L. |
| Type species | |
| Diodia virginiana | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Diodia (or buttonweed) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. The genus is found from southern and eastern United States, South America, Central America, Mexico, the West Indies and tropical Africa.[2][3]
Other buttonweeds[]
Many species of Diodia have been transferred to a closely related genus Diodella, and therefore the name buttonweed also applies to these species. There are also many species of false buttonweeds in the related genus Spermacoce. Abutilon theophrasti in the family Malvaceae is also known by the common name of buttonweed.
Species[]
- K.Schum. - Socotra, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
- (Poir.) DC. - Guyana, Dominican Republic
- Hook. & Arn. - Mexico
- DC. - French Guiana
- DC. - Dominican Republic
- Hiern - Angola, Zambia
- Aresch. - Ecuador
- K.Schum. - Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
- K.Schum. - Brazil, Paraguay
- K.Schum. - Brazil
- Bello - Puerto Rico
- Rizzini - Brazil
- Kuntze - Paraguay
- Urb. - Haiti
- Hiern - Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
- (Cham. & Schltdl.) K.Schum.
- C.Presl - Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
- Sw. - Cuba, Jamaica
- Miq. - Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guinea, Brazil
- Benth. - Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville
- Vahl - Brazil, Lesser Antilles
- Diodia virginiana L. - Virginia buttonweed - south-central and south-eastern United States from Texas to Kansas, east to Florida and New Jersey; also Connecticut, Cuba and Nicaragua. Naturalized in Japan, Taiwan and northern California
References[]
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ "Diodia in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 22 June 2012.
- ^ USDA Plants Database
External links[]
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Categories:
- Rubiaceae genera
- Spermacoceae
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Rubioideae stubs