Muehlenbeckia

Muehlenbeckia
Muehlenbeckia adpressa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Polygonaceae
Genus:	Muehlenbeckia Meisn.
Species
See text
Synonyms
Calacinum Raf Homalocladium (F. Muell.) L. H. Bailey

Muehlenbeckia or the Maidenhair genus is native to the southern hemisphere, especially South America, Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand and has been introduced both by birds and cultivation to temperate locales north of the equator. Some are tiny alpine mat-forming plants whereas others are vigorous vines with masses of dark stems and minimal small bronze-tinged leaf. In virtually frost-free environments rampant species can become weedy and difficult to eradicate.

Taxonomy

Muehlenbeckia taxa include (synonyms listed below):

• Muehlenbeckia adpressa (Labill.) Meisn. — Climbing Lignum
• Muehlenbeckia astonii Petrie — Shrubby tororaro, Wiggy-wig bush
• Muehlenbeckia australis (G.Forst.) Meisn. — Shrubby Creeper, Pohuehue
• Muehlenbeckia axillaris (Hook. f.) Walp. — sprawling wirevine
  • Muehlenbeckia hypogaea Colenso
• Muehlenbeckia chilensis Meisn.
• Muehlenbeckia coccoloboides J.M.Black
• Muehlenbeckia costata K.L.Wilson & R.O.Makinson
• Muehlenbeckia complexa (A. Cunn.) Meisn. — maidenhair vine, creeping wire vine, lacy wire vine, mattress vine, mattress wire weed, necklace vine, wire vine
• Muehlenbeckia ephedroides (Hook. f.) Hook. f.
• Muehlenbeckia diclina (F.Muell.) F.Muell. — Slender Lignum
• Muehlenbeckia florulenta Meisn. — Tangled Lignum
  • Muehlenbeckia cunninghamii (Meisn.) F.Muell.
• Muehlenbeckia gracillima Meisn.
• Muehlenbeckia gunnii (Hook.f.) Endl. — Costal lignum
• Muehlenbeckia hastulata (Sm.) I.M. Johnst. — wirevine
• Muehlenbeckia horrida H.Gross
• Muehlenbeckia horrida subsp. abdita
• Muehlenbeckia peruviana Meisn.
• Muehlenbeckia polybotrya Meisn.
• Muehlenbeckia rhyticarya Benth.
• Muehlenbeckia sagittifolia Meisn.
• Muehlenbeckia triloba Danser
• Muehlenbeckia tuggeranongg Mallinson
• Muehlenbeckia zippelii (Meisn.) Danser

Distribution

Native

Australasia:

Australia: Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Norfolk Islands, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

New Zealand: Chatham Islands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South

Papuasia: New Guinea

Neotropic:

Central America: Honduras

Southern South America: Chile

Notes

• Australian National Botanic Gardens. "Muehlenbeckia Meisn.". Australian Plant Name Index. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?00TAXON_NAME=Muehlenbeckia. Retrieved 2008-05-03. 
• Helen Coleman, FloraBase: Flora of Western Australia. "Genus Muehlenbeckia". Flora Descriptions. Government of Western Australia. http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/search/advanced?genus=muehlenbeckia. Retrieved 2008-0 5-03. 
• National Herbarium of New South Wales. "Genus Muehlenbeckia". New South Wales FloraOnline. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Muehlenbeckia. Retrieved 2008-05-03. 
• Landcare Research. "Muehlenbeckia Meisn. (1841)". New Zealand Plant Names Database. Landcare Research Allan Herbarium and New Zealand Plant Names Database. http://nzflora.landcareresearch.co.nz/default.aspx?selected=NameDetails&NameId=D7E51DC0-9CF8-4DA3-B641-B829BEC8078F. Retrieved 2008-05-03. 
• Alec Lindsay Poole (18-Sep-2007-09-18). POHUEHUE. Ministry for Culture and Heritage / Te Manatū Taonga. ISBN 9780478184518. http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/P/Pohuehue/Pohuehue/en. Retrieved 2008-05-03. 
• Missouri Botanical Garden. "Muehlenbeckia Meisn.". Tropicos. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40023410. Retrieved 2008-05-03. 
• UniProt. "Genus Muehlenbeckia". http://beta.uniprot.org/taxonomy/76038. Retrieved 2008-05-03. 
• "Muehlenbeckia Meisn.". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=500431. Retrieved 3 May 2008. 
• Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (2007-10-05). "Genus: Muehlenbeckia Meisn.". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?7848. Retrieved 2008-05-03. 
• Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). "PLANTS Profile, Muehlenbeckia Meisn.". The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MUEHL. Retrieved 2008-05-03. 
• Flora of North America. Family List: 23. Muehlenbeckia Meisner. 5. pp. 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 570, 615. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=121280. Retrieved 2008-05-03.