Molluginaceae
Trigastrotheca

Trigastrotheca pentaphylla (L.) Thulin

First published in Taxon 65: 784 (2016)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India, Sri Lanka. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

India, Sri Lanka

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 2: 1-1060. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Lekhak, M.M. & Yadav, S.R. (2012). Herbacious vegetation of threatened high altitude lateritic plateau ecosystems of Western Ghats, southwestern Maharashtra, India. Rheedea 22: 39-61.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1919 s.coll. [s.n.] India Mollugo pentaphylla K000641802 Unknown Type Material Yes
Maitland, T.D. [1177] Cameroon Mollugo pentaphylla K000581697 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 650] India Mollugo pentaphylla K001111482 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nath, V. [3992] India Mollugo pentaphylla K:SPC-44402.000 No
Olorunfemi, J. [30525] Cameroon Mollugo pentaphylla K000581696 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 650] Mollugo pentaphylla K001111485 Unknown Type Material Yes
Olorunfemi, J. [30525] Cameroon Mollugo pentaphylla K000581698 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 650] Mollugo pentaphylla K001111487 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 650] Mollugo pentaphylla K001111484 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 650] Mollugo pentaphylla K001111483 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 650] India Mollugo pentaphylla K001111486 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • 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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images