Nitrophila occidentalis

Nitrophila occidentalis

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: Polycnemoideae
Tribus: Polycnemeae
Genus: Nitrophila
Species: N. occidentalis

Name

Nitrophila occidentalis (Moq.) S.Watson, Botany [Fortieth Parallel] 297. (1871)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Banalia occidentalis Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 279. (1849)
    • Type locality: U.S.A.: Oregon.
    • Holotype: Nuttall. Herb. Hook.
• Homotypic
  • Halimocnemis occidentalis Nutt. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 279. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
• Heterotypic (ref. Masson & Kadereit, 2013, Govaerts 2019)
  • Glaux acutifolia A. Heller, Muhlenbergia 2: 109. (1906)
    • Type locality: U.S.A.: California. Siskiyou County, Gazelle, Shasta Valley.
    • Holotype: 1905-06-20, Heller, A.A. #8073. CAS CAS00123920; Isotypes: AC AC00320298, CAS00123919, E E00062034, F F0067869F, G G00440603, GH GH00037209, MO MO-954649, NY NY00214735, NY00329474, PH PH00012246, US US00116554.

• (ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Nitrophila mexicana Ulbr., Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 16c: 455. (1934)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Northwestern U.S.A. Oregon Southwestern U.S.A. California, Nevada, Utah Mexico Mexico Northwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Watson, S. 1871. Botany. In: United States Geological Expolration of the Fortieth Parallel [sic!]. Vol. 5. liii + 525 pp. Washington, DC BHL Reference page. : 297
• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Salsolaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 41–219. Masson, Paris. BHL Reference page. : 279
• Heller, A.A. 1905–1906. Botanical exploration in California. Season of 1905. Muhlenbergia 2(1C): 1–176. BHL Reference page. : 109

Additional references

• Masson, R. & Kadereit, G. 2013. Phylogeny of Polycnemoideae (Amaranthaceae): Implications for biogeography, character evolution and taxonomy. Taxon 62 (1): 100–111. DOI: 10.1002/tax.621009 JSTORReference page. 
• eFloras 2008. Nitrophila occidentalis in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Nitrophila occidentalis. 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 Nov. 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Nitrophila occidentalis. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 19 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Nitrophila occidentalis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Nov. 19. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Nitrophila occidentalis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Nov. 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Western niterwort, Boraxweed

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