Medeola virginiana

Medeola virginiana

Medeola virginiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Liliales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Liliales

Familia: Liliaceae
Subfamilia: Medeoloideae
Genus: Medeola
Species: Medeola virginiana

Name

Medeola virginiana L., 1753.

Typus: USA: Virginia. Without data, Kalm s.n. (lectotype: LINN 468.1). Lectotypified by Reveal, in C. E. Jarvis et al., Regnum Veg. 127: 65. 1993.

Synonyms

Heterotypic

• Gyromia acuminata Raf., Autik. Bot.: 125. 1840.
• Gyromia cuneata Raf., Autik. Bot.: 125. 1840.
• Gyromia virginica (Christm.) Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 238. 1818.
• Gyromia virginica var. picta Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 238. 1818.
• Medeola verticillifolia Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 325. 1812.
• Medeola virginica Christm., Vollst. Pflanzensyst. 6: 389. 1790.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Medeola virginiana Northern America Eastern Canada New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec. North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin. Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Islands, Vermont, West Virginia. Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, 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

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 339. Reference page. :

Additional references

• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.) 2002. Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 26: Magnoliophyta: Liliidae: Liliales and Orchidales. 723 pp. Oxford University Press, New York / Oxford, ISBN 0-19-515208-5. efloras FNA Website Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Medeola virginiana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 06. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Medeola virginiana. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 06. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Medeola virginiana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 August 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Medeola virginiana. Published online. Accessed: August 06 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Indian cucumber

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