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

*Mercurialis*	L.	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.

Genbank

Citation

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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Importance

IUCN:
Red List status LC 2007 This 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.