Malacocera tricornis

Malacocera tricornis

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: Chenopodiaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Camphorosmoideae
Tribus: Camphorosmeae
Genus: Malacocera
Species: Malacocera tricornis

Name

Malacocera tricornis (Benth.) R.H.Anderson, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 51: 382. (1926)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Chenolea tricornis Benth., Fl. Austral. 5: 191. (1870)
    • Lectotype (designated by Chinnock, 1980: 146): "Clay Flats, Darling River, Dallachy s.n. Lectotype: MEL 1514717.

• Homotypic
  • Bassia tricornis (Benth.) F.Muell., Syst. Census Austral. Pl. 30. (1882)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Australasia Australia S-Western Australia, S-Northern Territory, C- and E-South Australia, S-Queensland, W-New South Wales, NW-Victoria References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Anderson, R.H. 1926. Revision of certain Australian Chenopodiaceae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 51: 382–386. BHL Reference page. : 382
• Bentham, G. & Mueller, F.J.H. v. 1870. Flora Australiensis: a description of the plants of the Australian territory. Volume 5. Myoporineae to Proteaceae. 599 pp., London, L. Reeve & co. BHLReference page. : 191
• Mueller, F.v. 1882. Systematic census of Australian plants, with chronologic, literary and geographic annotations. Melbourne: M'Carron, Bird & Co. BHL Reference page. : 30, 142

Links

• APNI - Australian Plant Name Index. 2018. Malacocera tricornis. Accessed: 2018 July 6.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Malacocera tricornis. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 July 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Malacocera tricornis. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 15 2016.
• The Plant List 2013. Malacocera tricornis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Feb. 15.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Malacocera tricornis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Feb. 2016.

Vernacular names

English: Soft Horns, Goat-head, Three-horned Saltbush

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