Place of Publication
Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 36(2): 551 (1863)
Type citation
CHILE. [Región de Atacama]. Prov. Coquimbo, hills between Copiapo and Huasco, Mar 1842, T. Bridges 1279 (holotipo KW!; isotipos BM!, E!, G!, K!, LE!, P!).
Synonyms
- Cymatoptera chilensis Turcz.
- Menonvillea aptera Phil.
- Menonvillea chilensis (Turcz.) B.D. Jacks. var. aperta
- Menonvillea media Turcz.
- Menonvillea orbiculata Phil. forma glabra Gilg & Muschler Phil. f. glabra
- Menonvillea orbiculata var. parviflora
- Menonvillea parviflora Phil.
- Menonvillea parviflora Phil. var. aptera
- Menonvillea parvula Phil.
- Menonvillea pinnatifida Barnéoud var. parvula
References
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Turczaninow (1863c)
Turczaninow , N. 1863. Verbenaceae et Myoporaceae nonnullae hucusque indescriptae. Bulletin de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 36(2):193-227
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Salariato et al. (2014)
Salariato, D.L. , Zuloaga , F.O. and Al-Shehbaz, I.A. 2014. A revision of the genus Menonvillea (Cremolobeae, Brassicaceae). Phytotaxa 162(4):
Iconography
- Salariato et al. (2014): fig. 18
Regions
Antofagasta, Atacama, Coquimbo and Valparaíso
Habitat
Desert and Desert fog oases (Lomas)
Distribution and habitat
Distributed in regions Antofagasta to Coquimbo from sea level to 800 metres. It grows on rocky hillsides, steep granite slopes, rock crevices, rocky beds, and ravines with scattered shrubs (Salariato, 2014).
Descriptions
- Salariato et al. (2014)
Habit
Annual with stems 6−24 cm tall. Flowers between September and November.
Key characteristics
Menonvillea chilensis and M. orbiculata can be difficult to separate but the former includes sparsely floccose to glabrescent annuals with broadly oblong fruits 2.5−3.2 long, undulate wings. M. orbiculata includes usually densely floccose perennials (occasionally glabrescent or sparsely pubescent annuals or biennials) with suborbicular fruits 3.5−5.5 mm long, flat wings (Salariato, 2014).