Microtea maypurensis

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Microtea maypurensis

Microtea maypurensis (Kunth) G.Don, Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 98. 1830 sec. Sukhorukov & al. 20191 wfo-0000448571
  • ≡Ancistrocarpus maypurensis Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 2: 186. 1817 syn. sec. Sukhorukov & al. 20191 wfo-0000533857
      • Lectotype (designated by Sukhorukov & al. 2019: 39 (designated by Sennikov & Sukhorukov)2): COLOMBIA. “In pratis Maypure”, ex herb. Bonpland, ex herb. Kunth s.n. (B 10 0296283)
  • 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.. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.115.29041, 2. 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 https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.115.29041
  • =Ceratococca maypurensis Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult. in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis] 6: 800. 1820 syn. sec. Sukhorukov & al. 20193 wfo-0000596367
      • Holotype: COLOMBIA. Maypure, Cataracta, Orinoco, A.J.A. Bonpland & F.W.H.A. von Humboldt s.n. (B-W 06266-01)
  • 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.. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.115.29041
  • =Ancistrocarpus schrankii Ledeb., Index Seminum Horti Academici Dorpatensis 1821 (Appendix I): 21. 1821 syn. sec. Sukhorukov & al. 20194 wfo-0000533859
  • 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.. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.115.29041
  • =Potamophila parviflora Schrank, Pl. Rar. Horti Monac. 2: tab. 63. 1821, nom. illeg. syn. sec. Sukhorukov & al. 20195 wfo-0001303016
  • 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.. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.115.29041
  • =Microtea sprengelii Moq. in Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 19. 1849 syn. sec. Sukhorukov & al. 20196 wfo-0000450310
      • Neotype (designated by Sukhorukov & al. 2019: 40 (designated by Sennikov & Sukhorukov)7): BRAZIL. Bahia, Rio Belmonte, [Aug. 1816], Maximilian, Prinz zu Wied 53 (BR000005537679)
  • 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.. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.115.29041, 7. 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 https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.115.29041
  • =Microtea glochidata f. lanceolata Chodat & Hassl. in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 418. 1903 syn. sec. Sukhorukov & al. 20198 wfo-0001303013
      • Lectotype (designated by Sukhorukov & al. 2019: 40 (designated by Sennikov & Sukhorukov)9): PARAGUAY. Ad marginem silvae [prope] Caraguatay, Aug.[ust] [1897], E. Hassler 3126 (P00743952; isolectotypes P00743951, P00743953)
  • 8. 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.. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.115.29041, 9. 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 https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.115.29041

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Distribution (General)

Tropical South America.A

Description

Annual or biennial, glabrous; stems erect, up to 60 cm, branched; rosulate leaves oblong, usually withered, lower leaves oblong or spatulate, cuneate, petiolate (petioles up to 2.5 cm), 3.0–8.0 cm long and (0.2–0.4)0.5–2.0 cm wide (sometimes narrower), acuminate; inflorescences a spike, not one-sided, often spreading; flowers solitary (rarely two per node), with a bract and two bracteoles, pedicellate (pedicels 1.5–3.0 mm), perianth segments 5, oblong to ovoid, white or yellowish; stamens 5–8, stigmas 3–5, filiform; fruit slightly protruding from the perianth or up to twice its length, fruit body 1.0–1.1 mm across, with outgrowths 0.2–0.5 mm long terminating in a group of 2–4 hooked hairs; pericarp readily scraped off the seed; seed ~1mm, 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. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.115.29041