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Cuphea micrantha Kunth (in F.W.H.A. von Humboldt, A.J.A. Bonpland & C.S. Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 6: 196. 1824.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Barbados, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, ], Greater Antilles [ Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (native)[], ], Central America (native), South America (native), Synonyms: Cuphea rapunculoides Griseb. (Cat. Pl. Cub. 105. 1866.), Lythrum domingense Spreng. ex DC. (Prodr. 3: 86. 1828.), Melanium hirtum Spreng. (Syst. Veg. ed., 16, 2: 454. 1825.), Citations:1). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 2). 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. 3). Grisebach, A.H.R. 1866. Catalogus Plantarum Cubensium. Lipsiae. 301 pp. 4). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 5). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 6). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 7). Liogier, A.H. 1985-1997. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1-5. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 8). Stahl, A. 1883-1888. Estudios sobre la flora de Puerto-Rico. Folleto I-VI. Tip. El Asimilista, San Juan (Folleto I); Tip. González and Cía, San Juan (Folleto II-VI). Puerto Rico. 9). The International Plant Names Index (IPNI). 2008. Website: www.ipni.org 10). Tropicos.org. 2008. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. Website: www.tropicos.org 11). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 12). USDA, NRCS. 2008. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. Website: http://plants.usda.gov Last edited 16 Apr 09 |