Microtea debilis

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Microtea debilis

Microtea debilis Sw., Prodr.: 4, 53. 1788 sec. Sukhorukov & al. 20191
    • Lectotype (designated by Howard, R. A. & Howard, E. S. 1982: 762): OVERSEAS TERRITORIES OF THE NETHERLANDS. St. Eustatius, F. Masson s.n. in Herb. Banks (BM000019252)
  • 1. Sukhorukov, A. P., Sennikov, A.N., Nilova, M.V., Mazei, Y., Kushunina, M., Marchioretto, M.S. & Hanáček, P. 2019: Evolutionary relationships and taxonomy of Microtea (Microteaceae), a basal lineage in the core Caryophyllales. – PhytoKeys 115: 1-50. http://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.115.29041, 2. Howard, R. A. & Howard, E. S. 1982: The West Indian taxa in Solander’s “Florula Indiae occidentalis”. – Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 63: 63–81
  • =Microtea debilis var. ovata Delile ex Moq. in Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 17. 1849 syn. sec. Sukhorukov & al. 20193
    • Lectotype (designated by Sukhorukov, A. P., Sennikov, A.N., Nilova, M.V., Mazei, Y., Kushunina, M., Marchioretto, M.S. & Hanáček, P. 2019: Lectotype (Sukhorukov, designated p. 18 (designated by Sukhorukov)4): Overseas territories of France. Guadeloupe, herb. Desfontaines (P00798994).
  • 3. Sukhorukov, A. P., Sennikov, A.N., Nilova, M.V., Mazei, Y., Kushunina, M., Marchioretto, M.S. & Hanáček, P. 2019: Evolutionary relationships and taxonomy of Microtea (Microteaceae), a basal lineage in the core Caryophyllales. – PhytoKeys 115: 1-50. http://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.115.29041, 4. Sukhorukov, A. P., Sennikov, A.N., Nilova, M.V., Mazei, Y., Kushunina, M., Marchioretto, M.S. & Hanáček, P. 2019: Evolutionary relationships and taxonomy of Microtea (Microteaceae), a basal lineage in the core Caryophyllales. – PhytoKeys 115: 1-50. http://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.115.29041
  • =Microtea debilis var. rhombifolia Moq. in Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 17. 1849 syn. sec. Sukhorukov & al. 20195
    • Holotype: [without locality data] “Herb. Poiret in Herb. Moquin-Tandon” (P00798997)
  • 5. Sukhorukov, A. P., Sennikov, A.N., Nilova, M.V., Mazei, Y., Kushunina, M., Marchioretto, M.S. & Hanáček, P. 2019: Evolutionary relationships and taxonomy of Microtea (Microteaceae), a basal lineage in the core Caryophyllales. – PhytoKeys 115: 1-50. http://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.115.29041
  • –Microtea ovata Delile ex Moq., Hort. Monsp. 1827, nom. inval., syn. sec. Sukhorukov & al. 20196
  • 6. Sukhorukov, A. P., Sennikov, A.N., Nilova, M.V., Mazei, Y., Kushunina, M., Marchioretto, M.S. & Hanáček, P. 2019: Evolutionary relationships and taxonomy of Microtea (Microteaceae), a basal lineage in the core Caryophyllales. – PhytoKeys 115: 1-50. http://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.115.29041

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Distribution (General)

Native to American tropics.A

Description

Annuals, glabrous; stems decumbent, up to 30 cm; rosulate leaves up to 9 (10–12) cm, long-petiolate, obovate or oblong, mostly persistent; cauline leaves rhombic or ovate, cuneate; inflorescence a spike; flowers sessile or very shortly pedicellate (pedicels at fruiting ~1 mm); bracteoles absent; perianth segments 5, greenish, lanceolate or oblong; stamens (4)5; stigmas 2, thick; fruit roundish, 1.1–1.25 mm long and 1.0–1.2 mm wide, with finger-shaped outgrowths (up to 0.4 mm long); seed ~1.0 mm, with rough surface.A

Bibliography

A. Sukhorukov, A. P., Sennikov, A.N., Nilova, M.V., Mazei, Y., Kushunina, M., Marchioretto, M.S. & Hanáček, P. 2019: Evolutionary relationships and taxonomy of Microtea (Microteaceae), a basal lineage in the core Caryophyllales. – PhytoKeys 115: 1-50. http://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.115.29041