Taxonavigation edit

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 edit

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

Synonyms edit

  • 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 edit

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

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