Commicarpus helenae

Commicarpus helenae

Commicarpus helenae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Nyctaginaceae
Tribus: Nyctagineae
Genus: Commicarpus
Species: Commicarpus helenae

Name

Commicarpus helenae (Roem. & Schult.) Meikle, 1971

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Boerhavia helenae Schult. in Mant. 1: 73 (1822)
• Heterotypic
  • Boerhavia libyca Pomel in Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 2: 386 (1875)
  • Boerhavia stellata Wight in Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 3: t. 875 (1844), nom. illeg.
  • Boerhavia verticillata var. repanda N.Terracc. in Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 5: 101 (1894)
  • Commicarpus helenae var. barbatus Meikle in Kew Bull. 34: 343 (1979)
  • Commicarpus stellatus Berhaut in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 100: 51 (1953)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egyt, Libya, Morocco Regional: Western Africa Angola, Mauritania, Namibia, Senegal, St.Helena, Western Sahara Regional: Macaronesia Ascension, Azores, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Madeira Regional: Central Africa Botswana, Burkina, Central African Republic, Chad, Mali, Niger, Uganda, Zaïre Regional: Eastern Africa Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, Sudan Regional: Southern Africa Northern Provinces Continental:Asia-temperate Regional: Peninsular Arabia Gulf States, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Socotra, Yemen Regional: Indian subcontinent India, Pakistan Regional: Southwestern Asia Iran References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Meikle, 1971. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 37: 1, t. 3694

Additional references

• Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2012. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 4: Dicotyledoneae: Fabaceae – Nymphaeaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0126-1, 431 pp. PDF Reference page. 
• Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Commicarpus helenae in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 August 02. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Commicarpus helenae. Published online. Accessed: August 02 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Commicarpus helenae. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 August 02. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Commicarpus helenae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 August 2024.

Vernacular names

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