Gomphrena globosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Gomphrenoideae
Genus: Gomphrena
Species: Gomphrena globosa

Name

Gomphrena globosa L., Sp. Pl. 1: 224 (1753).

Type locality: "Habitat in India"
Lectotype (designated by Townsend, C.C. 1974: 46): LINN LINN-319.1.

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Xeraea globosa (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545. (1891)
- Amaranthoides globosus (L.) M.Gómez, Fl. Habanera 94. (1897)
Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019)
- Gomphrena eriopoda Gillies ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 410. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
- Gomphrena rubra hort. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 409. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
- Gomphrena tumida Seidl ex Opiz, Naturalientausch 9: 154. (1825), (considered as synonym of Gomphrena serrata by Hassler 2019)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America
- Mexico
  - Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
Southern America
- Central America
  - Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
- Northern South America
  - Guyana
- Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador
- Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central

Introduced elsewhere.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 224. Reference page.
Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Amarantaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 231–424. Masson, Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 409, 410
Townsend, C.C. 1974. Amaranthaceae. In: Ali, S.I. (ed.) Flora of West Pakistan. Vol. 71. 49 pp. Stewart Herbarium, Gordon College (u.a.), Rawalpindi. eFloras Reference page. : Gomphrena globosa

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Gomphrena globosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 30. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Gomphrena globosa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Gomphrena globosa. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 30 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Gomphrena globosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Oct. 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Gomphrena globosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

অসমীয়া: ৰক্তমল্লিকা
Basa Bali: Ratna
Deutsch: Echter Kugelamarant
English: Globe Amaranth
suomi: Pyöröpallohäntä
Bahasa Indonesia: Kenop
日本語: センニチコウ
한국어: 천일홍
Bahasa Melayu: Pokok Butang Ungu
lea faka-Tonga: Malila
Türkçe: Medine çiçeği
中文: 千日紅