Characteristics
Dicots
Mikania scandens (L.)Willd.
CLIMBING HEMPVINE
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Mikania scandens was considered nearly endemic to the southern and eastern USA by Holmes (1981), with only rare occurrences in New Providence, Bahamas and Matamoras, Mexico.
Native
FACW+ (NWPL)
T (WAP)
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Classification
Citation
MIKANIA SCANDENS (Linnaeus) Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 3: 1743. 1803.
Eupatorium scandens Linnaeus 1753.
VIRGINIA: Without data (lectotype: LINN 978.2). Lectotypified by W. C. Holms, Sida Bot. Misc. 5: 34. 1990.
Species Distribution Map
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Synonyms
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Eupatorium scandens
Eupatorium scandens Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 836. 1753.
TYPE: VIRGINIA: Without data (lectotype: LINN 978.2). Lectotypified by W. C. Holms, Sida Bot. Misc. 5: 34. 1990.
Mikania angulosa
Mikania angulosa Rafinesque, Fl. Ludov. 62. 1817.
TYPE: LOUISIANA:
Mikania batatifolia
Mikania batatifolia de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 197. 1836.
TYPE: CUBA: Without data, Sagra s.n. (holotype: G-DC).
Mikania menisperma
Mikania menisperma de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 200. 1836.
TYPE: TEXAS: Bexar Co.: Without data, Berlandier 1845 (holotype: G-DC).
Mikania pubescens
Mikania pubescens Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 136. 1818.
TYPE: "Carolina and Georgia",
Mikania scandens var. pubescens
Mikania scandens (Linnaeus) Willdenow, var. pubescens (Nuttall) Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 2: 91. 1841.
BASIONYM: Mikania pubescens Nuttall 1818.
Mikania tamoides
Mikania tamoides de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 197. 1836.
TYPE: CUBA: Near Havana, 1825, Ossa s.n. (holotype: G-DC).
Willoughbya heterophylla
Willoughbya heterophylla Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 1170, 1338. 1903.
TYPE: FLORIDA: Monroe Co.: No Name Key, Feb, Curtiss 1213* (holotype: NY; isotypes: F, GH, MISSA, NY, PH, US).
Willoughbya scandens
Willoughbya scandens (Linnaeus) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 371. 1891.
BASIONYM: Eupatorium scandens Linnaeus 1753.
Willoughbya scandens var. normalis
Willoughbya scandens (Linnaeus) Kuntze, var. normalis Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 372. 1891, nom. inadmiss.
BASIONYM: Willoughbya scandens (Linnaeus) Kuntze 1891; Eupatorium scandens Linnaeus 1753.
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