Montia fontana
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Montiaceae |
Genus: | Montia |
Species: | M. fontana
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Montia fontana | |
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Montia fontana, commonly known as blinks or water blinks, water chickweed or annual water miner's lettuce, is a herbaceous annual plant of the genus Montia. It is a common plant that can be found in wet environments around the globe, from the tropics to the Arctic. It is quite variable in morphology, taking a variety of forms. It is sometimes aquatic.
Montia fontana is divided into four subspecies, subsp. fontana, subsp. amporitana, subsp. chondrosperma and subsp. variabilis[3][4]
References
- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Montia fontana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
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(help) - ^ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 8 May 2016
- ^ Moore, D. M. 1963. The subspecies of Montia fontana L. Bot. Not. 116: 16-30.
- ^ Walters, S. M. 1953. Montia fontana L. Watsonia 3: 1-6.
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