Chamissoa altissima

Taxonavigation

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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: Chamissoa
Species: Chamissoa altissima

Name

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Chamissoa altissima (Jacq.) Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 197, t. 125. (1818)

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
    • Achyranthes altissima Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 17. (1760)
  • Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
    • Achyranthes baccata Pav. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 250. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
    • Achyranthes linkiana Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 545. (1819)
    • Celosia major Griseb., Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 79. (1874)
    • Celosia sparsa Forsyth ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 250. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
    • Chamissoa altissima subsp. albogrisea Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 39: 6. (1935)
    • Chamissoa altissima var. densiflora Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 251. (1849)
    • Chamissoa altissima var. densipaniculata Suess.
    • Chamissoa altissima var. glabrata Seub., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 5(1): 242. (1875)
    • Chamissoa altissima var. grandispicata Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 39: 6. (1935)
    • Chamissoa altissima var. laxiflora Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 251. (1849)
    • Chamissoa altissima var. rubella Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 306. (1934)
    • Chamissoa frondosa Hashim., Rodriguésia 13, no. 25:[263], tab. 1. (1951)
    • Chamissoa macrocarpa Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 197. (1818)
    • Kokera paniculata Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 542. (1891)
    • Lestibudesia paniculata herb. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 250. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • (+ ref. Hassler 2019)
    • Achyranthes sarmentosa Link ex Seub., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 5(1): 241. (1875), (later homonym of Achyranthes sarmentosa Vahl, Symb. Bot. (Vahl) 2: 44. 1791)
    • Celosia tomentosa Willd. ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 531. (1819)
    • Chamissoa altissima f. semispicata Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 39: 6. (1935)
    • Chamissoa martii Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 252. (1849)

Homonyms

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  • Chamissoa altissima Nees & Mart., Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 11(1): 32. (1823)

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.
    • Northern South America
      • Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay

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

References

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: False Chaff Flower
 
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