Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Dog S Mercury, Dog's Mercury
Common Names in German:
Ringelkraut
Common Names in Hungarian:
Szélfü
Description
Physical Description
Flowers: Bloom Period: March. • Flower Color: inconspicuous, none
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 12-18" tall.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,303 meters (0 to 4,275 feet).Mean = 123.980 meters (406.759 feet), Standard Deviation = 148.270 based on 16,928 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Flowering Plants
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Dicotyledons
- Order:
Malpighiales
()
- Family:
Janiroidea
()
- Subfamily:
Acalyphoideae
()
- Tribe:
Acalypheae
()
- Genus:
Mercurialis
()
- Linnaeus, 1753
- Specific epithet:
perennis
- L.
- Botanical name: - Mercurialis perennis L.
- Specific epithet:
perennis
- L.
- Genus:
Mercurialis
(
- Tribe:
Acalypheae
(
- Subfamily:
Acalyphoideae
(
- Family:
Janiroidea
(
- Order:
Malpighiales
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Mercurialis alpina Schur
- Mercurialis cynocrambe Scop.
- Mercurialis longifolia Host
- Mercurialis longistipes (Borbás) Baksay
- Mercurialis nemoralis Salisb.
- Mercurialis perennis var. brachyphylla Willk.
- Mercurialis perennis forma genuina Müll.Arg.
- Mercurialis perennis forma glabra Beck
- Mercurialis perennis var. longistipes Borbás
- Mercurialis perennis forma robusta Gross
- Mercurialis perennis forma saxicola Beck
- Mercurialis perennis var. subalpina Schur
- Mercurialis sylvatica Hoppe
- Mercurialis sylvestris Bubani
- Synema perenne (L.) Dulac
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Govaerts R., 11-Nov-2003
Similar Species
Members of the genus Mercurialis
There are approximately 28 species in this genus:
M. afra · M. ambiuga · M. annua (Annual Mercury) · M. annua huetii · M. bicheri · M. corsica · M. elliptica · M. expansa · M. glabra · M. huetti · M. leiocarpa · M. leiocarpus · M. lejocarpa · M. longifolia · M. malinvaudii · M. montana · M. ovata · M. paxii · M. perenneis · M. perennis (Dog's Mercury) · M. perennis 'Cae Rhos Lligwy' · M. perennis 'Ringsbury Camp' · M. pinnatifidia · M. pubescens · M. reverchonii · M. theodori · M. tomentosa · M. tormentosa
Bibliography
- Wisskirchen, R. and Haeupler, H. (1998a): Standardliste der Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands, Stuttgart: Ulmer
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 12, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 31 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 23, 2008.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFeb 2, 2006.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
- Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisien, Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisien
- GBIF-Spain, Departamento de Biolog. Veg. II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid: MAF
- Jyväskylä University Museum - The Section of Natural Sciences, Vascular plant collection of Jyvaskyla University Museum
- Museum of Natural History, Wroclaw University, Museum of Natural History, Wroclaw University, Flora of the Stołowe Mts.
- NLBIF, Limnodata
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Vascular Plant Herbarium, Oslo
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Vascular Plants, Field notes, Oslo
- Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum - Herbarium GJO, Herbarium GJO
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Botany registration database by Danish botanists
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Botany
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Herbarium of Oskarshamn
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Plants
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Environment and Heritage Service - EHS Species Datasets
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Scottish Borders Biological Records Centre - SWT Scottish Borders Local Wildlife Site Survey data 1996-2000 - species information
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1672680
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-125768
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14239044
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:352211-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 646192
