View source for Mollugo ← Mollugo You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Mollugo |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 89. 1753 |year=1753 }}{{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. ed. |place=5, 39. 1754 |year=1754 }} |common_names=Carpet-weed |basionyms= |synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym |name=Lampetia |authority=Rafinesque }} |hierarchy=Molluginaceae;Mollugo |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Molluginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Mollugo]]</div></div> |etymology=from Galium mollugo, probably because of similarity of whorled leaves; Latin mollis, soft or pliant |volume=Volume 4 |mention_page=page 76, 509 |treatment_page=page 510 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="herb duration;herb pubescence"><b>Herbs,</b> annual [perennial], glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>prostrate to erect, branching from base.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>whorled, opposite, or alternate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="basal leaf size;cauline leaf size">basal leaves usually largest, cauline leaves gradually reduced distally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="stipule count;stipule prominence">stipules absent or rudimentary.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence position;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary or terminal, reduced umbellate or cymose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>pedicellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="sepal duration;sepal count;sepal fusion;sepal pubescence">sepals persistent, 5, distinct, not stellate-pubescent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="petal count">petals absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="stamen count;stamen arrangement;stamen fusion;hypogynous ring size">stamens 3–5, alternate with the sepals or carpels, basally connate by a small hypogynous ring;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="pistil architecture or structure in adjective form">pistils 3–5-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="ovule count">ovules 5–15 per locule;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="style count;style fusion">styles 3–5, distinct.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit architecture"><b>Fruits </b>capsular, 3-valved.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="seed shape;seed shape;seed architecture;seed architecture;seed architecture;seed architecture"><b>Seeds:</b> flattened laterally, reniform, smooth or reticulate to ribbed, strophioles absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="strophiole count;x chromosome count">x = 9.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;West Indies;Central America;South America;Europe;Asia;Africa;Australia. |discussion=<p>Species 35 (2 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Although Mollugo has little economic value, some species have been used medicinally or as vegetables. Mollugo spergula, which has been used in India as a green vegetable, contains bitter triterpenoid saponins and sometimes is used as a source of antiseptics (A. K. Barua et al. 1989) and has been used also as a potherb (A. K. Tripathi 1988). Antifungal compounds have been isolated from Mollugo pentaphylla (M. Hamburger et al. 1989).</p><!-- --><p>The taxonomy of species of Mollugo is in great disarray, and the genus is in need of a thorough worldwide revision.</p><!-- --><p>C. F. Reed (1964), in a study of ore-pile flora, listed Mollugo gracillima Andersson and M. nudicaulis Lamarck from Maryland. The former was based on a misidentified specimen of M. verticillata, while the latter was correctly identified, representing the only known report of the species in North America.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Plants prostrate to ascending; leaves not glaucous; inflorescences sessile axillary, umbels seeds 0.5-0.6 mm, with curved ridges or smooth |[[Mollugo verticillata|Mollugo verticillata]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Plants erect; leaves glaucous; inflorescences stalked, axillary and terminal, umbellate cymes; seeds 0.3-0.4 mm, finely reticulate |[[Mollugo cerviana|Mollugo cerviana]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Mollugo |author= |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms=Lampetia |basionyms= |family=Molluginaceae |distribution=North America;West Indies;Central America;South America;Europe;Asia;Africa;Australia. |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=1753;1754 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/287ef3db526bd807d435a3c7423ef2df1e951227/V4/V4_1033.xml |genus=Mollugo |basal leaf size=largest |cauline leaf size=reduced |flower architecture=pedicellate |fruit architecture=3-valved;capsular |herb duration=annual |herb pubescence=glabrous |hypogynous ring size=small |inflorescence architecture=cymose;umbellate;reduced |inflorescence position=terminal;axillary |leaf arrangement=alternate;opposite;alternate;opposite;whorled |ovule count=5;15 |petal count=absent |pistil architecture or structure in adjective form=3-5-locular |seed architecture=reticulate;ribbed |seed shape=reniform;flattened |sepal count=5 |sepal duration=persistent |sepal fusion=distinct |sepal pubescence=not stellate-pubescent |stamen arrangement=alternate |stamen count=3;5 |stamen fusion=connate |stem architecture=branching |stem orientation=prostrate;erect |stipule count=absent |stipule prominence=rudimentary |strophiole count=absent |style count=3;5 |style fusion=distinct |x chromosome count=9 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Molluginaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Molluginaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/ID/Synonym (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Mollugo.