Abolboda americana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Xyridaceae
Genus: Abolboda
Species: Abolboda americana

Name

Abolboda americana (Aubl.) Lanj., Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 41: 492 (1937)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Xyris americana Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 40 (1775)
• Homotypic
  • Abolboda aubletii Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 28 (1843), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Xyris coerulea Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 132 (1791)
  • Abolboda imberbis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 256 (1816)
  • Jupica caerulea (Lam.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 15 (1837)
  • Abolboda inermis Link ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 2 (1840), orth. var.
  • Chloerum imberbe (Kunth) Willd. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 352 (1840)
  • Abolboda poeppigii Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 27 (1843)
  • Chloerum gramineum Willd. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 27 (1843)
  • Abolboda americana var. imberbis (Kunth) Maguire, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 75: 193 (1948)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Colombia. Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil North. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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