Melanthera

Melanthera
Melanthera integrifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae[1][2]
Genus: Melanthera
Rohr[3]
Type species
Melanthera panduriformis
Cass.[4][5]
Synonyms[1]
  • Lipotriche R.Br.
  • Wuerschmittia Sch.Bip. ex Walp.
  • Wedelia sect. Wollastonia Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Wuerschmittia Sch.Bip. ex Hochst.
  • Amellus P.Browne
  • Melananthera Michx.
  • Echinocephalum Gardner
  • Psathurochaeta DC.

Melanthera is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae, native to North and South America, as well as Africa, East Asia. and Hawaiʻi.[6][5][7][8][9][10]

The generic name means "black anther."[11]

Species[1][12]
  1. Melanthera abyssinica (Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.) Vatke - tropical Africa from Ethiopia to Tanzania + Sierra Leone
  2. Melanthera angustifolia A.Rich. - Central America, Cuba, Yucatán, Bahamas, southern Florida
  3. Melanthera bryanii (Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. – Pili Nehe; Hawaiʻi
  4. Melanthera buchii Urb. - Haiti
  5. Melanthera cinerea Schweinf. ex Schweinf. - Africa
  6. Melanthera discoidea S.F.Blake - Amazonas State in Brazil
  7. Melanthera elliptica O.Hoffm. - central Africa
  8. Melanthera fauriei (H. Lév.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. – Olokele Canyon Nehe; Hawaiʻi
  9. Melanthera felicis C.D.Adams - Guinea in West Africa
  10. Melanthera gambica Hutch. & Dalziel - Gambia, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau in West Africa
  11. Melanthera hastata (Walt.) Rich. - Michoacán in Mexico, Islas de la Bahía in Honduras, Bahamas, El Salvador
  12. Melanthera integrifolia (Nutt.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. – Kure Atoll Nehe; Hawaiʻi
  13. Melanthera kamolensis (O.Deg.) & Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. – Maui Nehe; Mauʻi
  14. Melanthera latifolia (Gardner) Cabrera - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
  15. Melanthera lavarum (Gaudich.) W.L. Wagner & H.Rob. – Coastal Nehe; Hawaiʻi.
  16. Melanthera micrantha (Nutt.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. - Hawaiʻi
  17. Melanthera nivea (L.) Small – Pineland Squarestem, Snow Squarestem, Yerba de Cabra; SE United States (LA MS AL GA FL SC TN KY IL),[13] Caribbean, Mexico (from Tamaulipas to Quintana Roo), Central America, South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Guianas, northern Brazil)
  18. Melanthera parvifolia Small – Small-leaf Squarestem - southern Florida
  19. Melanthera perdita (Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. – Koʻokoʻolau; Hawaiʻi
  20. Melanthera populifolia (Sherff) W.L. Wagner & H.Rob. – Grassland Nehe; Hawaiʻi
  21. Melanthera prostrata (Hemsl.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. - China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam[14]
  22. Melanthera pungens Oliv. & Hiern - tropical Africa
  23. Melanthera remyi (A.Gray) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. – Annual Nehe; Hawaiʻi
  24. Melanthera scandens (Schumach.) Roberty[15]
  25. Melanthera rhombifolia O.Hoffm. & Muschl. - West Africa
  26. Melanthera richardsae Wild - tropical Africa
  27. Melanthera robinsonii Wild - tropical Africa
  28. Melanthera robusta (Makino) K.Ohashi & H.Ohashi - Japan, Taiwan
  29. Melanthera scaberrima Hiern - Angola
  30. Melanthera scandens (Schumach. & Thonn.) Roberty - tropical Africa
  31. Melanthera subcordata (A.Gray) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. - Hawaiʻi
  32. Melanthera tenuifolia (A.Gray) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. – Waianae Range Nehe; Oʻahu
  33. Melanthera tenuis (O.Deg. & Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. – Streambed Nehe; Hawaiʻi
  34. Melanthera triternata (Klatt) Wild - southern Africa
  35. Melanthera venosa (Sherff) W.L. Wagner & H.Rob. – Spreading Nehe; Hawaiʻi
  36. Melanthera waimeaensis (H.St.John) W.L. Wagner & H.Rob. – Waimea Canyon Nehe; Kauaʻi

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ "Genus Melanthera". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
  3. ↑ "Genus: Melanthera Rohr". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
  4. ↑ lectotype designated by J. Strother, Taxon 19: 337 (1970)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Tropicos, Melanthera Rohr
  6. ↑ Rohr, Julius Philip Benjamin von. 1792. Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet 2(1): 213–214
  7. ↑ Davidse, G., M. Sousa-Peña, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2015. Asteraceae. 5(2): ined. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F..
  8. ↑ Parks, J. C. 1973. A revision of North American and Caribbean Melanthera (Compositae). Rhodora 75: 169–210.
  9. ↑ Pruski, J.F. 1997. Asteraceae. 3: 177–393. In J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry & B. K. Holst (eds.) Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis
  10. ↑ Wild, H. 1965. The African species of the genus Melanthera Rohr. Kirkia 5: 1–17
  11. ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 123 Melanthera Rohr, Skr. Naturhist.-Selsk. 2: 213. 1792.
  12. ↑ "Melanthera". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
  13. ↑ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
  14. ↑ Flora of China, Vol. 20-21 Page 871 卤地菊 lu di ju Melanthera prostrata (Hemsley) W. L. Wagner & H. Robinson, Brittonia. 53: 557. 2002.
  15. ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Melanthera". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-02-14.

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