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Mercurialis annua

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Contributors
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID643fe33d935bb647200613
Scientific name Mercurialis annua
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 1035 (1753)

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Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Mercurialis ambigua L.f. Dec. Pl. Hort. Upsal. 1: 15 (1762)
Mercurialis annua var. ambigua (L.f.) Duby Bot. Gall. ed. 2, 1: 417 1830
Mercurialis annua subsp. ambigua (L.f.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital. 622. 1882 (1882)
Mercurialis annua var. angustifolia Gaudin Fl. Helv. 6: 296. 1830
Mercurialis annua var. camberiensis Chabert Bull. Soc. Bot. France 38: 300. 1881
Mercurialis annua var. capillacea Guépin Fl. Maine et Loire ed. 3: 401. 1845
Mercurialis annua f. ciliata (C.Presl) Pax & K.Hoffm. Pflanzenr. IV, 147, VII: 274 1914
Mercurialis annua f. cordata Wirtg. Flora 33: 82 1850
Mercurialis annua f. cuneatolanceolata Wirtg. Flora 33: 82 1850
Mercurialis annua var. dioica Moris Fl. Sardoa 3: 478. 1859
Mercurialis annua var. laciniata Müll.Arg. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(2): 797. 1866
Mercurialis annua f. lanceolata Wirtg. Flora 33: 82 1850
Mercurialis annua var. monoica Moris Fl. Sardoa 3: 478 1859
Mercurialis annua f. ovata Wirtg. Flora 33: 82 1850
Mercurialis annua var. transsylvanica Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 600. 1866
Mercurialis annua var. variegata Löhr Bot. Zeitung, 2. Abt. 68: 62. 1910
Mercurialis ciliata C.Presl Delic. Prag. : 56 (1822)
Mercurialis ladanum Hartm. Bot. Not. 1849: 67 (1849)
Mercurialis monoica (Moris) R.Durand & B.Durand Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. Biol. Vég. , sér. 12, 4: 727 (1963)
Mercurialis pinnatifida Sennen Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. 8: 146 (1909)
Mercurialis tarraconensis Sennen Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon , n.s., 72: 16 (1925 publ. 1926)
Synema annuum Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées : 154 (1867)
Discoplis serrata Raf. New Fl. 4: 9 (1838)
Mercurialis annua subsp. ambigua (L.f.) Maire Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 7: 178 1924
Mercurialis annua var. sancti-marini Pamp. Boll. Mus. Republ. San Marino 4: 116 (1920)
Mercurialis annua var. genuina Müll.Arg. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(2): 797. 1866
Mercurialis annua var. typica Fiori Fl. Anal. Italia 2: 291. 1901
Mercurialis annua subvar. euannua Litard.
Mercurialis annua subvar. serrata Litard.
Mercurialis annua f. verticillata Bolzon
Mercurialis annua var. intermixta Merino
Mercurialis annua var. urticiformis Sennen & Pau
Mercurialis annua var. ambigua (L.f.) Mérat
Mercurialis annua f. ambigua (L.f.) Knoche
Mercurialis annua lus. ambigua (L.f.) Müll.Arg.

Common names Top

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Language Common/alternative name
English annual mercury
Arabic حلبوب حولي
Arabic خصى هرمس
Arabic عصى موس
Arabic خَرْبوب
Arabic حشيشة السمك
Arabic حُرّيق أملس
Arabic بَقْلة
Arabic هليوب
Arabic مريقة
Arabic حشيشة الزئبق
Arabic جنزير
Azerbaijani birillik zümrüdçiçəyi
Azerbaijani birillik zöhrəotu
Bulgarian едногодишен пролез
Catalan malcoratge
Catalan morquerol
Catalan melcoratge
Czech bažanka roční
Welsh bresychen-y-cŵn flynyddol
German einjähriges bingelkraut
Greek Μερκουριάλις η μονοετής
Estonian üheaastane seljarohi
Persian شنگرفی یکساله
Finnish rikkasinijuuri
French mercuriale annuelle
French chimou
Croatian jednogodišnja resulja
Upper Sorbian mały šćěr
Upper Sorbian jednolětny šćěr
Hungarian egynyári szélfű
Kabyle tuccanin
Norwegian Bokmål ugressbingel
Dutch tuinbingelkruid
Dutch eénjarig bingelkruid
Dutch eenjarig bingelkruid
pcd brin·ncå
pcd jnoulhèi
pcd mérqhures
pcd poutréle
pcd qhuråjhe
pcd vacrie
pcd lorie
pcd urie
pcd ajnoulhie
pcd injnoulhis
pcd iérpe fòreusse
pcd iérpe fòrante
pcd iérpe drichòre
pcd iérpe à-qhiòre
pcd blos
pcd chnoulhi
Polish szczyr roczny
Slovak bažanka ročná
Swedish grenbingel
Ukrainian Переліска однорічна
Walloon schitroûle
Chinese 一年生山靛

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Azores
      • Canary Islands
      • Madeira
      • Selvagens
    • Middle Atlantic Ocean
      • Ascension
      • Saint Helena
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Eritrea
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
      • Libya
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Gulf States
      • Saudi Arabia
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • Western Asia
      • Cyprus
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Sinai
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • Krym
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Great Britain
      • Ireland
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Romania
      • Sicilia
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Sardegna
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • New York
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Maryland
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Bahamas
      • Bermuda
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Argentina South

Links to other databases Top

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000241716
Flora of Alabama 1845
Canadensys 5619
USDA Plants MEAN
Tropicos 12802185
INPN 108351
Flora of Italy 2891
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:352179-1
The Plant List kew-125710
Open Tree Of Life 339357
Observations.org 7058
NCBI Taxonomy 3986
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000003722
Nature Serve 2.150552
IPNI 352179-1
iNaturalist 68838
GBIF 3062975
Freebase /m/080ng9t
EPPO MERAN
EOL 1154390
Elurikkus 5707
Calflora (Californian flora) 5450
USDA GRIN 24100
Wikipedia Mercurialis_annua

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCF_937616625.2 ddMerAnnu1.2 Chromosome WELLCOME SANGER INSTITUTE 2022-10-31 58 432.18 Mb

Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
A high-affinity potassium transporter (MeHKT1) from cassava (Manihot esculenta) negatively regulates the response of transgenic Arabidopsis to salt stress Luo M, Chu J, Wang Y, Chang J, Zhou Y, Jiang X BMC Plant Biol 07-May-2024
PMCID:PMC11075273
doi:10.1186/s12870-024-05084-7
PMID:38714917
Estimation of contemporary effective population size in plant populations: Limitations of genomic datasets Gargiulo R, Decroocq V, González‐Martínez SC, Paz‐Vinas I, Aury J, Lesur Kupin I, Plomion C, Schmitt S, Scotti I, Heuertz M Evol Appl 03-May-2024
PMCID:PMC11069024
doi:10.1111/eva.13691
PMID:38707994
Variable resource allocation pattern, biased sex-ratio, and extent of sexual dimorphism in subdioecious Hippophae rhamnoides Jhajhariya M, Mangla Y, Chandra A, Goel S, Tandon R PLoS One 18-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11025892
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0302211
PMID:38635726
Revisiting a pollen-transmitted ilarvirus previously associated with angular mosaic of grapevine Mahillon M, Brodard J, Schoen R, Botermans M, Dubuis N, Groux R, Pannell JR, Blouin AG, Schumpp O Virus Res 22-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10979282
doi:10.1016/j.virusres.2024.199362
PMID:38508402
Saving the local tradition: ethnobotanical survey on the use of plants in Bologna district (Italy) Chiocchio I, Marincich L, Mandrone M, Trincia S, Tarozzi C, Poli F J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 12-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10936038
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00664-1
PMID:38475780
The genome sequence of the Annual Mercury, Mercurialis annua L., 1753 (Euphorbiaceae). Christenhusz MJM, Pannell JR, Twyford AD Wellcome Open Res 01-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC11157195
doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.21004.1
PMID:38854694
Ecological and Syntaxonomic Analysis of the Communities of Glebionis coronaria and G. discolor (Malvion neglectae) in the European Mediterranean Area Cano E, Cano-Ortiz A, Quinto Canas R, Piñar Fuentes JC, Rodrigues Meireles C, Raposo M, Pinto Gomes C, Laface VL, Spampinato G, Musarella CM Plants (Basel) 20-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10934477
doi:10.3390/plants13050568
PMID:38475415
Positive selection and relaxed purifying selection contribute to rapid evolution of male-biased genes in a dioecious flowering plant Zhao L, Zhou W, He J, Li DZ, Li HT eLife 14-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10942601
doi:10.7554/eLife.89941
PMID:38353667
Why should we study plant sex chromosomes? Charlesworth D, Harkess A Plant Cell 02-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC11062472
doi:10.1093/plcell/koad278
PMID:38163640
Nature’s Green Potential: Anticancer Properties of Plants of the Euphorbiaceae Family Jiménez-González V, Kowalczyk T, Piekarski J, Szemraj J, Rijo P, Sitarek P Cancers (Basel) 25-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10778523
doi:10.3390/cancers16010114
PMID:38201542
Independent and Complementary Functions of Caf1b and Hir1 for Chromatin Assembly in Tetrahymena thermophila Hao H, Ren C, Lian Y, Zhao M, Bo T, Xu J, Wang W Cells 13-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10741905
doi:10.3390/cells12242828
PMID:38132148
Road Impact on Plant Colonization in the Arid Timanfaya National Park Bernardos M, Cornejo NS, Torres Hassan AD, Cabrera R, Arévalo JR Plants (Basel) 13-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10610428
doi:10.3390/plants12203568
PMID:37896031
Telomere-to-telomere assembly of cassava genome reveals the evolution of cassava and divergence of allelic expression Xu XD, Zhao RP, Xiao L, Lu L, Gao M, Luo YH, Zhou ZW, Ye SY, Qian YQ, Fan BL, Shang X, Shi P, Zeng W, Cao S, Wu Z, Yan H, Chen LL, Song JM Hortic Res 05-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10673656
doi:10.1093/hr/uhad200
PMID:38023477
Rust Fungi on Medicinal Plants in Guizhou Province with Descriptions of Three New Species Wu Q, He M, Liu T, Hu H, Liu L, Zhao P, Li Q J Fungi (Basel) 21-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10532644
doi:10.3390/jof9090953
PMID:37755061
Dynamic cytological and transcriptomic analyses provide novel insights into the mechanisms of sex determination in Castanea henryi Wu G, Tian X, Qiu Q, Zhang Y, Fan X, Yuan D Front Plant Sci 12-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10523332
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1257541
PMID:37771497

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Nucleosides, nucleotides, and analogues / Purine nucleosides
(2S,3S,4R,5R)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[6-[[(Z)-4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl]amino]purin-9-yl]oxolane-3,4-diol 94936831 Click to see CC(=CCNC1=C2C(=NC=N1)N(C=N2)C3C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)CO 351.36 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00387258
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Imidazopyrimidines / Purines and purine derivatives / 6-aminopurines / 6-alkylaminopurines
Isopentenyladenine 92180 Click to see 203.24 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00387258
trans-Zeatin 449093 Click to see CC(=CCNC1=NC=NC2=C1NC=N2)CO 219.24 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00387258
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
Narcissin 5481663 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)O)C5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)OC)O)O)O)O)O)O 624.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(87)90042-1
Rutin 5280805 Click to see 610.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(87)90042-1

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