Chamissoa altissima

Chamissoa altissima

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: Chamissoa
Species: Chamissoa altissima

Name

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

Synonyms

• 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

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

Distribution

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

Primary references

• Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S. 1817–1818 ["1817"]. Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt. Tomus 2 (quarto ed.). 406 pp., tt. 97–192. Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 197, tab. 125
• Jacquin, N.J. 1760. Enumeratio systematica plantarum, quas in Insulis Caribaeis vicinaque Americes continente detexit novas, aut iam cognitas emendavit. 41 pp. Apud Theodorum Haak, Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]. BHL Reference page. : 17
• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Amarantaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 231–424. Masson, Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 250, 251, 252

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Chamissoa altissima. 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. 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Chamissoa altissima. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 22 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Chamissoa altissima in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 22. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Chamissoa altissima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Jul. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Chamissoa altissima in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: False Chaff Flower

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