Mercurialis (plant)
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Mercurialis perennis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
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Genus: | Mercurialis L. |
Type species | |
Mercurialis perennis[1][2] L.
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Synonyms[3] | |
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Mercurialis /mərˌkjʊəriˈælɪs/ is a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae, the spurges, known commonly as the mercuries. These are slender herbs (forbs), rhizomatious perennials and woody perennials, native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia.[3][4][5]
- Species[3]
- Mercurialis annua L. – most of Europe, North Africa, the Middle East (from Turkey to Iran and Qatar), and islands of the eastern Atlantic (Canary Islands, Azores, Madeira, etc.)
- Obbard & S.A.Harris – Canary Islands
- Coss. & Kralik – Corsica, Sardinia
- Lam. – Spain, Portugal, Morocco
- Hanry – Spain, France, Morocco
- Siebold & Zucc. – China, Japan, Korea, Ryukyu Islands, Thailand, Assam, Bhutan, Nepal
- Lam. – Spain, Portugal, France (M. annua × M. tomentosa)
- Sternb. & Hoppe – C + E Europe and SW Asia from Germany + Italy to Russia + Syria
- Graebn. – C + E Europe from Germany to Crimea (M. ovata × M. perennis)
- Mercurialis perennis L. – most of Europe plus Algeria, Caucasus, Turkey, Iran
- Rouy – Spain, Morocco
- L. – Spain, Portugal, France, Balearic Islands
- formerly included[3]
transferred to other genera (Acalypha Adenocline Claoxylon Leidesia Micrococca Seidelia Speranskia )
- M. abyssinica –
- M. acanthocarpa –
- M. alternifolia Lam. 1797 not Hochst. ex Baill. 1858 –
- M. alternifolia Hochst. ex Baill. 1858 not Lam. 1797 –
- M. androgyna – Leidesia procumbens
- M. angustifolia –
- M. australis – Claoxylon australe
- M. bupleuroides – var. bupleuroides
- M. caffra –
- M. capensis – Leidesia procumbens
- M. cucullata –
- M. dregeana –
- M. indica –
- M. pauciflora –
- M. procumbens – Leidesia procumbens
- M. pumila –
- M. serrata – var. ovalifolia
- M. subcordata –
- M. tenella – var. tenella
- M. tenerifolia –
- M. triandra –
- M. tricocca Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Krauss 1845 not E.Mey. ex Sond. 1850 – Leidesia procumbens
- M. tricocca E.Mey. ex Sond. 1850 not Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Krauss 1845 –
- M. violifolia –
- M. Mercurialis zeyheri – var. transiens
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Weed or landscape plant?
References[]
- ^ lectotype designated by J. K. Small in N. L. Britton et A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. ed. 2. 2: 460 (1913).
- ^ Tropicos, genus Mercurialis
- ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Mercurialis includes photos and European distribution maps
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 247 山靛属 shan dian shu Mercurialis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 1035. 1753.
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Categories:
- Acalypheae
- Euphorbiaceae genera
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Euphorbiaceae stubs