Microtea scabrida

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Microtea scabrida

Microtea scabrida Urb. in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 3: 325. 1885 sec. Sukhorukov & al. 20191 wfo-0000450786
  • Microtea paniculata var. scabrida (Urb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 268. 1898 syn. sec. Sukhorukov & al. 20191 wfo-0001303017
    • Lectotype (designated by Sukhorukov & al. 2019: p. 30 (designated by Sennikov & Sukhorukov)2): BRAZIL. [Without exact location and date] F. Sellow s.n. (F0BN005735)
  • 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
  • =Microtea paniculata var. latifolia Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 268. 1898 syn. sec. Sukhorukov & al. 20193 wfo-0001243463
    • Lectotype (designated by Sukhorukov & al. 2019: p. 30 (designated by Sennikov & Sukhorukov)4): BOLIVIA. Rio Yapacani, June 1892, O. Kuntze s.n. (B)
  • 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, 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
  • =Microtea foliosa Chodat in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 418. 1903 syn. sec. Sukhorukov & al. 20195 wfo-0000448543
    • Lectotype (designated by Nowicke 1968: 3516): PARAGUAY. In regione collium “Cerros de Tobaty”, September 1900, E. Hassler 6254 (MO216419; isolectotypes – P00743942, K000601209)
  • 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, 6. Nowicke, J. W. 1968: Palynotaxonomic study of the Phytolaccaceae. – Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 55: 294-364 https://doi.org/10.2307/2395128
  • =Microtea scandens Rusby in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 239. 1927 syn. sec. Sukhorukov & al. 20197 wfo-0001243464
    • Holotype: BOLIVIA. La Paz, Iturralde, Ixiamas, alt. 244 m, 18 Dec 1921, M. Cárdenas 1942 (NYBG01163848)
  • 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

Distribution (General)

(Sub)tropical parts of South America.A

Description

Leaning or twining perennial herb up to 150 cm, glabrous or slightly scabrid; leaves ovate or oblong, long-petiolate (petioles 1.0–4.0 cm), blades 5.0–10.0 cm long and 2.0–4.0 cm wide, basally truncate, apically acuminate; inflorescence lax, a spike; flowers almost sessile (pedicels up to 1.0 mm), with a bract and two bracteoles; perianth segments 5, whitish or green, oblong or ovoid, stamens 6–7, stigmas 2–3; fruit 1.75–2.0 mm long and 1.6 mm wide, with fingershaped outgrowths, some of them basally concrescent; seed 1.3–1.5 mm, with verrucous 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