Halodule wrightii Asch. (Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 1868: 19. 1868.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Anguilla, Grenada, Dominica, the Grenadines, Maria Galante,Martinique, St. Barthelemy, St. Martin, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [ Cuba (native), Cayman Island (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Haiti, Tortue,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Vieques], Virgin Islands (native) ( St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, ) ], Bahamas (native), North America (possibly FL), Central America (Panama), Old World (Africa; Austral), Common Names: Yerba de manatí (Cuba), Synonyms: Diplanthera wrightii (Asch.) Asch. (in H.G.A. Engler & K.A.E. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 1: 37. 1897.), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. and M.T. Strong. 2005. Monocots and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 52: 1-415. 2). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 3). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 4). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 5). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 6). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 7). Proctor, G.R. 1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bull. Addit. Ser. 11: i-xii, 1-834. Her Majesty’s Staionery Office, London. 8). Proctor, G.R. 1996. Additions and Corrections to the Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bull. 51: 483-507. 9). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 10). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 11). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 2008. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Website: apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do Last edited 10 Mar 11 |