Bolax gummifera

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Apiales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Apiales

Familia: Apiaceae
Subfamilia: Azorelloideae
Genus: Bolax
Species: Bolax gummifera

Name edit

Bolax gummifera (Lam.) Spreng., Sp. Umbell.: 10 (1818).

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Hydrocotyle gummifera Lam., Encycl. 3: 155 (1789).
  • Homotypic
    • Caucalis gummifera (Lam.) Lag., Elench. Pl.: 3 (1816).
  • Heterotypic
    • Bolax columnifera Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 59: 710 (1912 publ. 1913).
      • Azorella columnifer (Gand.) M.Hiroe, Umbell. World: 212 (1979).
    • Bolax glebaria Comm. ex Gaudich., Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 104 (1825).
      • Azorella glebaria (Comm. ex Gaudich.) A.Gray, U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1: 701 (1854).
    • Azorella caespitosa Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 48 (1794).
    • Bolax complicata Spreng., Sp. Umbell.: 9 (1818).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Southern South America
      • Argentina South (Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego), Chile South (Magallanes).
  • Continental: Antarctic
    • Regional: Subantarctic Islands
      • Falkland Islands.

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

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Vernacular names edit

English: Balsam Bog
español: Chareta
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