Mercurialis annua

Mercurialis annua

Synonymy

Source: 2010: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Mercurialis annua L., Sp. Pl.: 1035. 1753
  • Synema annuum (L.) Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 154. 1867
  • Mercurialis annua var. genuina Müll. Arg. in Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 797. 1866, nom. inval.
  • Mercurialis annua subvar. euannua Litard. in Briquet, Prodr. Fl. Corse 2, 2: 66. 1935, nom. inval.
  • Mercurialis annua var. typica Fiori in Fiori & al., Fl. Italia 2: 291. 1901, nom. inval.
  • =Mercurialis ambigua L. f., Dec. Pl. Horti Upsal. 1: 15. 1762
  • Mercurialis annua var. ambigua (L. f.) Duby, Bot. Gall., ed. 2, 1: 417. 1830
  • Mercurialis annua [unranked] ambigua (L. f.) Müll. Arg. in Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 797. 1866
  • Mercurialis annua subsp. ambigua (L. f.) Arcang., Comp. Fl. Ital.: 622. 1882
  • =Mercurialis ciliata C. Presl in Presl & Presl, Delic. Prag.: 56. 1822
  • Mercurialis annua f. ciliata (C. Presl) Pax & K. Hoffm. in Engler, Pflanzenr. 147(7): 274. 1914
  • =Mercurialis annua var. angustifolia Gaudin, Fl. Helv. 6: 296. 1830
  • =Discoplis serrata Raf., New Fl. 4: 9. 1838
  • =Mercurialis annua var. capillacea Guépin, ed. 3: 401. 1845
  • =Mercurialis ladanum Hartm. in Bot. Not. 1849: 67. 1849
  • =Mercurialis annua f. cordata Wirtg. in Flora 33: 82. 1850
  • =Mercurialis annua f. cuneatolanceolata Wirtg. in Flora 33: 82. 1850
  • =Mercurialis annua f. lanceolata Wirtg. in Flora 33: 82. 1850
  • =Mercurialis annua f. ovata Wirtg. in Flora 33: 82. 1850
  • =Mercurialis annua var. dioica Moris, Fl. Sardoa 3: 478. 1859
  • =Mercurialis annua var. monoica Moris, Fl. Sardoa 3: 478. 1859
  • Mercurialis monoica (Moris) B. M. Durand in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. Biol. Vég., ser. 12, 4: 727. 1963
  • =Mercurialis annua var. laciniata Müll. Arg. in Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 797. 1866
  • =Mercurialis annua var. transsylvanica Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 600. 1866
  • =Mercurialis annua var. camberiensis Chabert in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 38: 300. 1881
  • =Mercurialis pinnatifida Sennen in Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. 8: 146. 1909
  • =Mercurialis annua var. variegata Löhr in Bot. Zeitung, 2. Abt. 68: 62. 1910
  • =Mercurialis tarraconensis Sennen in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, ser. 2, 72: 16. 1926 ["1925"]
  • =Mercurialis annua subvar. serrata Litard. in Briquet, Prodr. Fl. Corse 2: 2. 1935

Distribution

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Euro+Med: Albania nativeA; Algeria nativeA; Austria, with Liechtenstein nativeA; Azores nativeA; Baleares nativeA; Belarus nativeA; Belgium, with Luxembourg nativeA; Bulgaria nativeA; Canary islands nativeA; Corsica nativeA; Crete, with Karpathos nativeA; Crimea nativeA; Cyprus nativeA; Denmark introducedA; Egypt nativeA; Former Czechoslovakia nativeA; Former Yugoslavia nativeA; France, with Channel is. and Monaco nativeA; Germany nativeA; Great Britain nativeA; Greece nativeA; Hungary nativeA; Italy, with San Marino and Vatican City nativeA; Lebanon-Syria nativeA; Libya nativeA; Madeira archipelago nativeA; Morocco nativeA; Poland nativeA; Romania nativeA; Russia (C European Russia nativeA); Salvage islands nativeA; Sardinia nativeA; Sicily, with Malta nativeA; Sinai nativeA; Spain, with Gibraltar and Andorra nativeA; Switzerland nativeA; Tunisia nativeA; Turkey (Turkey, Asiatic part nativeA); Ukraine nativeA

Common Names

Aragonese (Spain): mercurialB; Basque (Spain): maxuritxolaB, merxuriarB, urteroko merkuriarB, urteroko merkuriarraB; Catalan; Valencian (Spain): malcoratgeB, malcoratjeB, matroratgeB, maxuritxolaB, melcorajeB, melcoratgeB, melcoratge comúB, melcoratge/melcoratgesB, melcoratjeB, mercurialB, merxuriarB, monteralB, morteralB, murcarolB, murcarolaB, murcarolsB, murguerols/murguerolesB, murterolsB, ortiga mortaB; Finnish (Finland): rikkasinijuuriC; Galician (Spain): barredoiroB, basalloB, meluchoB, mercuriaesB, mercurialB, urtiga-mortaB, urtiga-morta-bastardaB, varredoiroB; Majorcan (Mallorca): malcoratgeB, malcoratjeB; Portuguese (Portugal): barredoiroB, basalloB, mancoliaisB, mercuriaesB, mercuriaisB, mercurialB, ortiga mortaB, ortiga morta bastardaB, tremoços de câoB, urtiga mortaB, urtiga-bastardaB, urtiga-mortaB, urtiga-morta-bastardaB, urtigas-mortasB, verça de câoB; Spanish; Castilian (Spain): bledos mercurialesB, malcorajeB, mercurialB, mercurial hembraB, mercurial machoB, mercurial medicinalB, mercurial negraB, mercurial negroB, mercurial rastrero silvestreB, mercurial rastrero testiculadoB, mercurialesB, mercuriales hembrasB, mercuriales machosB, ortiga mansaB, ortiga muertaB, ortiguilla muertaB; Swedish (Sweden & Finland): grenbingelC; Valencian (Spain): herba de servisisB, malcoratgeB, malcoratge bastB, malcoratge fíB, mercoracheB

Bibliography

A. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
B. anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/
C. Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS