Characteristics
Dicots
Spigelia anthelmia L.
WEST INDIAN PINKROOT
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Classification
Citation
SPIGELIA ANTHELMIA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 149. 1753.
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Without data (lectotype: LINN 210.2). Lectotypified by Leeuwenberg, Acta Bot. Neerl. 10: 464. 1961.
Species Distribution Map
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Synonyms
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Type
Spigelia anthelmia var. nervosa
Spigelia anthelmia Linnaeus, var. nervosa (Steudel) Progel, in Martius, Fl. Bras. 6(1): 262. 1868.
BASIONYM: Spigelia nervosa Steudel 1843.
Spigelia anthelmia var. obliquinervia
Spigelia anthelmia Linnaeus, var. obliquinervia Alph. de Candolle, in de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 7. 1845.
Spigelia domingensis
Spigelia domingensis Gandoger, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 70: 921. 1923.
TYPE: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:
Spigelia fruticulosa
Spigelia fruticulosa Lamarck, Tabl. Encycl. 1: 474. 1793.
TYPE: FRENCH GUIANA:
Spigelia multispica
Spigelia multispica Steudel, Flora 26: 764. 1843.
Spigelia nervosa
Spigelia nervosa Steudel, Flora 26: 764. 1843.
TYPE: SURINAM: Without data, 1842, Hostmann & Kappler 505 (holotype: P;isotypes: BM, K, MO).
Spigelia quadrifolia
Spigelia quadrifolia Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 307. 1812, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Spigelia anthelmia Linnaeus 1753.
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