Molluginaceae

Glinus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 463 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Aldabra, Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, NW. Balkan Pen., Oklahoma, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Queensland, Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South China Sea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkiye, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Arizona, Baleares, California, Gulf States, Kansas, Mauritius, Missouri, Réunion

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter G: 1-40325.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 2: 589 as Mollugo Linn. in part.

Flora of Iraq

  • L. Gen. Pl. 208 (1754)
  • L. Sp. Pl. 463 (1753)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 208 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl. 1: 463 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 208 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 463 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 14, 2020 Witte, G.F.de [4304] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K001394827 Type No
Jul 8, 2019 Robinson, E.A. [6780] Zambia K000865904 Holotype No
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 1518] K001113320 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1518] India K001113319 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132355 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132354 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M.; Pessoa, A. [56341] Brazil K001577781 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1518] K001113323 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1518] Burma K001113322 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1518] India K001113328 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1518] K001113324 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1518] India K001113326 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1518] K001113325 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1518] India K001113327 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1518] Burma K001113321 Unknown Type Material Yes
Keenan, R.L. [s.n.] India K000641798 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0