Rhexia virginica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Melastomataceae
Subfamilia: Melastomatoideae
Tribus: Rhexieae
Genus: Rhexia
Species: Rhexia virginica

Name

Rhexia virginica L., Sp. Pl. 1: 346 (1753).

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Rhexia septemnervia Walter, Fl. Carol.: 130 (1788).
    • Rhexia stricta Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 258 (1814 [1813]), nom. illeg. hom. – non Rhexia stricta Bonpl., Monogr. Melast. 2: 19, t. 8 (1808).
    • Rhexia purshii Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 5(Index): 590 (1828). (as Rh. Purshii)
    • Rhexia virginica var. purshii (Spreng.) C.W.James, Brittonia 8(3): 227[–228] (1956).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Nova Scotia, Ontario.
    • North-Central U.S.A.
      • Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin.
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia.
    • South-Central U.S.A.
      • Texas.
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

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