Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Rosanae > Order Malpighiales > Family Euphorbiaceae > Genus Mercurialis

Mercurialis annua L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MercurialisL.accepted genus name
Cynocrambe Hill heterotypic synonym
Discoplis Raf. heterotypic synonym
Synema Dulac heterotypic synonym

Species group names

Mercurialis annua subvar. euannua Litard. homotypic synonym; nom. inval.
Mercurialis annua var. genuina Müll. Arg. homotypic synonym; nom. inval.
Mercurialis annua var. typica Fiori homotypic synonym; nom. inval.
Synema annuum (L.) Dulac homotypic synonym
Discoplis serrata Raf. heterotypic synonym
Mercurialis ambigua L. f. heterotypic synonym
Mercurialis annua [unranked] ambigua (L. f.) Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Mercurialis annua f. ciliata (C. Presl) Pax & K. Hoffm. heterotypic synonym
Mercurialis annua f. cordata Wirtg. heterotypic synonym
Mercurialis annua f. cuneatolanceolata Wirtg. heterotypic synonym
Mercurialis annua f. lanceolata Wirtg. heterotypic synonym
Mercurialis annua f. ovata Wirtg. heterotypic synonym
Mercurialis annua subsp. ambigua (L. f.) Arcang. heterotypic synonym
Mercurialis annua subvar. serrata Litard. heterotypic synonym
Mercurialis annua var. ambigua (L. f.) Duby heterotypic synonym
Mercurialis annua var. angustifolia Gaudin heterotypic synonym
Mercurialis annua var. camberiensis Chabert heterotypic synonym
Mercurialis annua var. capillacea Guépin heterotypic synonym
Mercurialis annua var. dioica Moris heterotypic synonym
Mercurialis annua var. laciniata Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Mercurialis annua var. monoica Moris heterotypic synonym
Mercurialis annua var. transsylvanica Schur heterotypic synonym
Mercurialis annua var. variegata Löhr heterotypic synonym
Mercurialis ciliata C. Presl heterotypic synonym
Mercurialis ladanum Hartm. heterotypic synonym
Mercurialis monoica (Moris) B. M. Durand heterotypic synonym
Mercurialis pinnatifida Sennen heterotypic synonym
Mercurialis tarraconensis Sennen heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Aragonese: mercurial sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Catalan: malcoratje; matroratge; maxuritxola; melcoraje; melcoratge; melcoratge comú; melcoratge/melcoratges; melcoratje; mercurial; merxuriar; monteral; morteral; murcarola; murcarols; murguerols/murgueroles; murterols sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Euskera: maxuritxola; merxuriar; urteroko merkuriar; urteroko merkuriarra sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Galician: barredoiro; basallo; melucho; mercuriaes; mercurial; urtiga-morta; urtiga-morta-bastarda; varredoiro sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Majorcan: malcoratge; malcoratje sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Portuguese: barredoiro; basallo; mancoliais; mercuriaes; mercuriais; mercurial; ortiga morta bastarda; tremoços de câo; urtiga-bastarda; urtiga-morta; urtiga-morta-bastarda; urtigas-mortas; verça de câo sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Spanish, Castillian: bledos mercuriales; malcoraje; mercurial hembra; mercurial macho; mercurial medicinal; mercurial negra; mercurial negro; mercurial rastrero silvestre; mercurial rastrero testiculado; mercuriales; mercuriales hembras; mercuriales machos; ortiga mansa sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Valencian: herba de servisis; malcoratge; malcoratge bast; malcoratge fí; mercorache

Literature

nomenclatural reference

Nyman], Sp. Pl. 1753.

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World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Mercurialis annua L.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=A34FA7F7-3A88-4794-B9CB-49E0A7BE775C

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Occurrence

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Importance

IUCN:
Red List status LC 2007This species is least concern and is widespread and abundant according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

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