Centemopsis kirkii

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: Centemopsis
Species: Centemopsis kirkii

Name

Centemopsis kirkii (Hook.f.) Schinz, Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 56: 243. (1911)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Centema kirkii Hook.f., Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 3(1): 31. (1880)
    • Type locality: "ad oras lacuum Nyassae et Tanganyka incola".
    • Syn(?)type: Malawi: West Shore Lake Nyassa. 09-1861, Kirk #s.n. K000243610.
• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
  • Achyranthes breviflora Baker, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1897(128-129): 280. (1897)
    • Type: "British Central Africa: Between Kondowe and Karonga. alt. 2000-6000 ft." Whyte.
  • Centrostachys breviflora (Baker) Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 76. (1915), in obs.
  • Centemopsis clausii Schinz, Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 57: 543. (1912).
  • Centemopsis kirkii f. intermedia Suess.
  • Centema rubra Lopr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27(1-2): 49. (1899)
    • Type: "Massaihochland: Alhi-Plains". 1896-03, Pospischil.
  • Centemopsis rubra (Lopr.) Schinz, Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 56: 243. (1911)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schinz, H. 1911. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der afrikanischen Flora XXIV. (Thellung, A. & Schinz, H.) Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 56: 229–268. BHL Reference page. : 243
• 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. : 31
• Baker, J.G. et al. 1897. Diagnoses africanae, X. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) 1897: 243–300. JSTOR BHL Reference page. : 280
• Lopriore, G. 1899. Amarantaceae africanae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 27: 37–64. BHL Reference page. : 49

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Centemopsis kirkii. 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 Jul. 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Centemopsis kirkii. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 23 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Centemopsis kirkii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 23. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Centemopsis kirkii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Jul. 2019.