| Source: |
Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru, download date: August 28, 1995
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| Name: |
Montia fontana L. |
| Rank: |
Species |
| Status: |
ACCEPTED |
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Synonym(s):
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Calandrinia cerrateae Anon Suarez |
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Montia minor C.C. Gmel. |
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Montia rivularis C.C. Gmel. |
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Montia fontana var. erecta Pers. |
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Montia fontana var. repens Pers. |
| Taxon Notes: |
Ecology: Native herb. Andean II-III: bogs, grasslands, riversides, seasonally inundated areas. 2000-4500 m. Voucher: Wurdack 1719 (US) Lourteig (1991) indicates that two subspecies are found in Peru: subsp. fontana and subsp. chondrosperma. |
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| Geography: |
Amazonas, Ancash, Cuzco, Huánuco, Puno. |
| Reference in Source: |
Flora Peru: 1263: 573; Lourteig, A., 1991: 43. |
| SourceHigherTaxon from IOPI: |
Portulacaceae |
| SourceStatusDesignation: |
A |
