Kyphocarpa cruciata

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: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Kyphocarpa
Species: Kyphocarpa cruciata

Name

Kyphocarpa cruciata (Schinz) Schinz, Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 57: 539. (1912) (as Cyphocarpa cruciata)

Note:: The Nomenclature Committee decided that Kyphocarpa is the correct spelling (Applequist, 2023).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Centema cruciata Schinz, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21(1-2): 184. (1895)
    • Type locality: South Africa. Transvaal. Boshveld.
    • Holotype: Rehmann #5096.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Southern Africa Botswana, Namibia, Northern Provinces References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schinz, H. 1912. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der afrikanischen Flora. (XXV). Mit Beiträgen von Eduard Hackel, Albert Thellung, Hans Schinz. Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 57: 531–562. BHL Reference page. 
• Schinz, H. 1895. Amarantaceae africanae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 21: 178–191. BHL Reference page. 
• Applequist, W.L. 2023. Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 74. Taxon 72(4): 908–922. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12993 Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Cyphocarpa cruciata. 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. Cyphocarpa cruciata. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 19 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cyphocarpa cruciata 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. Kyphocarpa cruciata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Nov. 2019.