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Internal ID UUID6440484cb31d3657063024
Scientific name Nepsera aquatica
Authority Naudin
First published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 3, 13: 28 (1850)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Tibouchina aquatica M.Gómez Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 67 (1894)
Spennera asphalti Crueg. Linnaea 20: 101 (1847)
Xeracina aquatica Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 98 (1838)
Melastoma aquaticum Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 430, t. 169 (1775)
Spennera aquatica Mart. ex DC. Prodr. 3: 116 (1828)
Homonoma aridum Bello in Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. x. (1881) 269.
Spennera sieberi Steud. Flora 27(2): 720 (1844)
Rhexia aquatica Sw. Fl. Ind. Occid. ii. 650; Humb. & Bonpl. Rhex.
Aciotis aquatica G.Don Hort. Brit. : 174 (1830)
Aciotis sieberi Triana Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 52 (1871 publ. 1872)
Spennera hydrophila Miq. Comm. Phytogr. : 75 (1840)

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English altea

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  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001078882
USDA Plants NEAQ
Tropicos 20300219
INPN 630220
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:573916-1
The Plant List tro-20300219
Open Tree Of Life 391270
NCBI Taxonomy 113474
IPNI 573916-1
iNaturalist 359841
GBIF 3188525
EPPO NESAQ
EOL 582744

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A pipeline for assembling low copy nuclear markers from plant genome skimming data for phylogenetic use Reginato M PeerJ 06-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9745922
doi:10.7717/peerj.14525
PMID:36523475
Comparative analysis of chloroplast genome structure and molecular dating in Myrtales Zhang XF, Landis JB, Wang HX, Zhu ZX, Wang HF BMC Plant Biol 15-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8122561
doi:10.1186/s12870-021-02985-9
PMID:33992095
Phytosociological Study, Diversity and Conservation Status of the Cloud Forest in the Dominican Republic Cano Ortiz A, Musarella CM, Pinto Gomes CJ, Quinto Canas R, Piñar Fuentes JC, Cano E Plants (Basel) 12-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7356210
doi:10.3390/plants9060741
PMID:32545541
Herbal bathing: an analysis of variation in plant use among Saramaccan and Aucan Maroons in Suriname van ‘t Klooster CI, Haabo V, Ruysschaert S, Vossen T, van Andel TR J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 15-Mar-2018
PMCID:PMC5856216
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0216-9
PMID:29544521
The first complete plastid genomes of Melastomataceae are highly structurally conserved Reginato M, Neubig KM, Majure LC, Michelangeli FA PeerJ 29-Nov-2016
PMCID:PMC5131623
doi:10.7717/peerj.2715
PMID:27917315
Consequences of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade on Medicinal Plant Selection: Plant Use for Cultural Bound Syndromes Affecting Children in Suriname and Western Africa Vossen T, Towns A, Ruysschaert S, Quiroz D, van Andel T PLoS One 05-Nov-2014
PMCID:PMC4221471
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0112345
PMID:25372485
Reproductive biology and species geographical distribution in the Melastomataceae: a survey based on New World taxa dos Santos AP, Fracasso CM, Luciene dos Santos M, Romero R, Sazima M, Oliveira PE Ann Bot 28-Jun-2012
PMCID:PMC3400453
doi:10.1093/aob/mcs125
PMID:22751617
Aluminium Accumulation in Leaves of 127 Species in Melastomataceae, with Comments on the Order Myrtales JANSEN S, WATANABE T, SMETS E Ann Bot 01-Jul-2002
PMCID:PMC4233848
doi:10.1093/aob/mcf142
PMID:12125773

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