Mikania scandens

Mikania scandens

Mikania scandens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Eupatorieae
Subtribus: Mikaniinae
Genus: Mikania
Species: Mikania scandens

Name

Mikania scandens (L.) Willd., 1803

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Eupatorium scandens L. in Sp. Pl.: 836 (1753)
• Heterotypic
  • Mikania angulosa Raf. in Fl. Ludov.: 62 (1817)
  • Mikania batataefolia DC. in Prodr. 5: 197 (1836)
  • Mikania menispermea DC. in Prodr. 5: 200 (1836)
  • Mikania pubescens Muhl. in Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept.: 71 (1813)
  • Mikania scandens subvar. mollis Chodat in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 712 (1903)
  • Mikania scandens f. pubescens (Muhl.) Voss in Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 449 (1894)
  • Willoughbya scandens Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 371 (1891)
  • Willoughbya scandens var. normalis Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 372 (1891), not validly publ.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia) Regional: Mexico Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Puebla, Tamaulipas, Veracruz) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Willdenow, C.L. 1803. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta. Tomus 3, pars 3. pp. [1477]–2409. Berolini: G.C. Nauk. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 3(3):1743.

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Mikania scandens. Published online. Accessed: January 08 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Mikania scandens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 08. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Mikania scandens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 January 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Mikania scandens. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 08. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Mikania scandens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: climbing hempvine, climbing hempweed, louse-plaster

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