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As classified in WFO snapshot

December 2024

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Mentzelia Plum. ex L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 516 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000023752.

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Synonyms of Mentzelia

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Torreya	Eaton	Man. Bot. N. States , ed. 5: 420 (1829)	wfo-1000051479
Touterea	Rydb.	Amer. Naturalist 36: 811 (1902)	wfo-1000051480
Bartonia	Pursh ex Sims	Bot. Mag. 36: t. 1487 (1812)	wfo-1000051483
Acrolasia	C.Presl	Reliq. Haenk. 2: 39 (1831)	wfo-4000000418
Bicuspidaria	Rydb.	Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 275 (1903)	wfo-4000004582
Chrysostoma	Lilja	Fl. Sv. Odl. Vext. , Suppl. 1: 83 (1840)	wfo-4000008246
Creolobus	Lilja	Fl. Sv. Odl. Vext. : 67 (1839)	wfo-4000009662
Hesperaster	Cockerell	Torreya 1: 142 (1901)	wfo-4000017613
Nuttallia	Raf.	Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 1: 358 (1817)	wfo-4000026387
Trachyphytum	Nutt.	Fl. N. Amer. 1: 533 (1840)	wfo-4000038727

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Mentzelia:

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Mentzelia aurea	(Lindl.) Baill.	Hist. Pl. (Baillon) 8(2): 461 (-462, figs. 309–311). 1885 [Nov 1885]	wfo-0000374425
Mentzelia humilus var. guadalupensis	Spellenb.	Sida 18(4): 995 (993-997; fig. 2). 1999	wfo-0001397979
Mentzelia urens	Vell.	Fl. Flumin. 5: t. 97 (1829)	wfo-0000377728