Montia

Montia is a genus of plants in the family Montiaceae. Species in this genus are known generally as '''miner's lettuce or water chickweed'''. All of the species in the genus have edible leaves. It is found worldwide, except in Asia.

Species

miner's lettuce

species

FamilyMalvaceae

Observations47,564

Монтия, или Монция (лат. Montia) — род травянистых растений семейства Монтиевые (Montiaceae). Род назван в честь итальянского ботаника Джузеппе Монти[de].

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 374
With media: 315
Family: Montiaceae
Collections: OSU, DAV, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, UCMP, CAS, RSA
Recorded in: United States, Canada, Kenya

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Montiaceae
Image: Montia fontana cleanedSturm.png

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Commons category: Montia
taxon name: Montia
taxon rank: genus
taxonomic type: Montia fontana
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=7787
topic's main category: Category:Montia
taxon common name: mokrič

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Montia is a genus of plants in the family Montiaceae. Species in this genus are known generally as '''miner's lettuce or water chickweed'. All of the species in the genus have edible leaves. It is found worldwide, except in Asia.

Montias are known from fossilized seeds recovered from sediments of the Pleistocene Tomales Formation and from a small paleoflora at San Bruno. Further, Daniel Axelrod discussed Montia howellii as one of the biogeographically significant species comprising the Millerton paleoflora at Tomales.

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