Contains 3 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
Classification
Citation
MIKANIA Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 3: 1481, 1742. 1803, nom. cons. vs. Mikania F. W. Schmidt 1795.
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TYPE: Mikania scandens (Linnaeus) Willdenow, typ. cons. (Eupatorium scandens Linnaeus)
Species
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Herbarium Specimens | Status | Photos |
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| Mikania cordifolia | FLORIDA KEYS HEMPVINE | Native FACW (NWPL) T (WAP) | ||
| Mikania micrantha | MILE-A-MINUTE | Not Native FACW (NWPL) Y | ||
| Mikania scandens | CLIMBING HEMPVINE | Native FACW+ (NWPL) T (WAP) |
[Family identification key]
1. Stems 6-angled, gray-tomentulose to tomentose; inflorescence heads 7–10 mm long; phyllaries 6–8 mm; corolla lobes linear to linear-deltate, subequal to longer than the upper dilated corolla throat; cypselae 3–4 mm
1. Stems terete to 6-angled, glabrate to densely pilose; inflorescence heads 4–7 mm long; phyllaries 3–6 mm; corolla lobes triangular to deltate, ca. ½ the length of the upper dilated corolla throat; cypselae 1.5–2.2 mm
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2. Pseudostipule of several linear to deltate lobes basally connate into a membranous flap, the basal unlobed portion somewhat subequal to the lobe length (pseudostipules withered on older nodes); inflorescence branches glabrous to glabrate; phyllaries 3-3.5 mm long, glabrous to glabrate; corolla white, 2.5-3 mm long;
2. Pseudostipule a low ridge with narrowly awl-shaped projections, the projections not basally connate or only scarcely so (pseudostipules withered on older nodes); inflorescence branches glabrate to pubescent; phyllaries (3-)3.5-6 mm long, glabrous to pubescent; corolla white to pinkish, 3.5-4 mm long
Genus Synonyms
| Synonym | Full Citation | Basionym | Type |
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| Carelia | Carelia Jussieu ex Cavanilles, Anales Ci. Nat. 6: 317. 1803, non Fabricius 1759. | TYPE: Carelia satureifolia (Lamarck) Jussieu ex Cavanilles (Eupatorium satureifolium Lamarck) | |
| Corynanthelium | Corynanthelium Kunze, Linnaea 20: 19. 1847. | TYPE: Corynanthelium moronoa Kunze | |
| Kanimia | Kanimia Gardner, London J. Bot. 6: 446. 1847. | TYPE: Kanimia strobilifera Gardner Lectotypified by R. M. King & H. Robinson, Sida 3: 336. 1969. | |
| Willoughbya | Willoughbya Necker ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 371. 1891, non Willughbeja Scopoli ex Schreber 1789 (nom. rej.), nec Willughbeia Roxburgh 1820 (nom. cons.). | TYPE: = Mikania Willdenow 1803. |