Blitum antarcticum

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: Chenopodiaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Chenopodioideae
Tribus: Anserineae
Genus: Blitum
Species: Blitum antarcticum

Name

Blitum antarcticum Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. I. (Fl. Antarct.). 2: 549 (1847).

• Type: Argentina, Isla de los Estados ("Staten Land"), Webster.

accepted by Sukhorukov et al., 2018 and Sukhorukov & Zaika, 2022.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Chenopodium antarcticum (Hook.f.) Hook.f., Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 3(1): 52 (1880) .
  • Oxybasis antarctica (Hook.f.) Mosyakin, Phytoneuron 2013-56: 5. (2013).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Southern South America Argentina South (Santa Cruz), Chile South (Magellanes) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hooker, J.D. 1844-1847. The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage [...] Vol. 1. Flora Antarctica, Part 2. p. 209–574. London: Reeve. BHL Reference page. 
• Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. 1880. Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus servata definita. Vol. 3, pars 1, sistens Dicotyledonum Monochlamydearum ordines XXXVI (Nyctagnieas – Ceratophylleas) et Gymnospermearum ordines III (Gnetaceas – Cycadaceas). A. Black, 459 pp. Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. 
• Mosyakin, S.L. 2013. New nomenclatural combinations in Blitum, Oxybasis, Chenopodiastrum, and Lipandra (Chenopodiaceae). Phytoneuron 2013-56: 1–8. (PDF) Reference page. 

Additional references

• Sukhorukov, A., Nilova, M.V., Krinitsina, A.A., Zaika, M.A., Erst, A. & Shepherd, K.A. 2018. Molecular phylogenetic data and seed coat anatomy resolve the generic position of some critical Chenopodioideae (Chenopodiaceae – Amaranthaceae) with reduced perianth segments. PhytoKeys 109(2): 103–128. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.109.28956 Reference page. : 118
• Sukhorukov, A. & Zaika, M.A. 2022. Systematics of the genus Oxybasis Kar. & Kir. (Chenopodioideae, Amaranthaceae s.l.). Systematic Notes 125: 3–11. DOI: 10.17223/20764103.125.1, ResearchGate (in Russian with English abstract). Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Blitum antarcticum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar. 8. Reference page.  update pending
• Hassler, M. 2024. Blitum antarcticum. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar. 08. Reference page.  as Oxybasis antarctica (Hook.f.) Mosyakin, Phytoneuron 2013-56: 5 (2013)
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Blitum antarcticum. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 08 2024.