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Commicarpus scandens

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Commicarpus scandens
Filed as Commicarpus scandens (L.) Standl. [family NYCTAGINACEAE]
Syntype of Valeriana scandens Forssk. [family VALERIANACEAE]
Isotype of Boerhavia dichotoma Vahl [family NYCTAGINACEAE]
Filed as Boerhavia scandens L. [family NYCTAGINACEAE]
Syntype of Valeriana scandens Forssk. [family VALERIANACEAE]
Lectotype of Valeriana chinensis L. [family VALERIANACEAE]
Filed as Commicarpus scandens (L.) Standl. [family NYCTAGINACEAE]
Filed as Commicarpus scandens (L.) Standl. [family NYCTAGINACEAE]
Type? of Boerhavia plumbaginea Cav. var. dregeana Heimerl [family NYCTAGINACEAE]
Syntype of Valeriana scandens Forssk. [family VALERIANACEAE]
Filed as Boerhavia scandens L. [family NYCTAGINACEAE]
Syntype of Valeriana scandens Forssk. [family VALERIANACEAE]
Filed as Boerhavia scandens L. [family NYCTAGINACEAE]
Filed as Commicarpus scandens (L.) Standl. [family NYCTAGINACEAE]
Filed as Commicarpus scandens (L.) Standl. [family NYCTAGINACEAE]
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Identification
Commicarpus scandens (L.) Standl. [family NYCTAGINACEAE ]
Related name
  • Commicarpus scandens
Common name
  • Climbing wortclub, Flora of North America Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for Commicarpus scandens (Linnaeus) Standley [family NYCTAGINACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 4,
Names
Commicarpus scandens (Linnaeus) Standley [family NYCTAGINACEAE], Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb., 12: 373. 1909
Boerhavia scandens Linnaeus [family NYCTAGINACEAE], Sp. Pl., 1: 3. 1753
Treatment Author(s)
Richard W. Spellenberg
Information
Stems often tangled among themselves, 3–20 dm. Leaves: petiole 3–25 mm; blade ovate, triangular, or rhombic-orbiculate, 15–60 × 10–45 mm, base obtuse, truncate, or cordate, margins shallowly sinuate, apex usually acute or acuminate, sometimes obtuse or round. Inflorescences: peduncle 4–6 cm; umbel 4–11-flowered; pedicel 3–15 mm. Perianths pale greenish yellow, 3–4 mm, glabrous or with few minute hairs externally near margin of limb. Fruits usually reflexed at tip of pedicel, 7–10 × 1.5–2 mm.
Phenology
mar-may (spring), jun-aug (summer), sep-nov (fall)
Altitude range
(0–)800–1800 m;
Distribution
MexicoWest IndiesCentral AmericaSouth America.USA Ariz.USA N.Mex.USA Tex.

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