Commicarpus pentandrus

Commicarpus pentandrus

Commicarpus pentandrus

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 pentandrus

Name

Commicarpus pentandrus (Burch.) Heimerl, 1934

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Boerhavia burchellii Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 455 (1849), nom. superfl.
  • Boerhavia pentandra Burch. in Trav. S. Africa 1: 432 (1822)
  • Boerhavia plumbaginea var. pentandra (Burch.) Heimerl in Beitr. Syst. Nyctag.: 29 (1897)
• Heterotypic
  • Boerhavia transvaalensis Gand. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 221 (1919)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Africa Regional: Central Africa Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland Regional: Eastern Africa Mozambique, Tanzania Introduced into: Pakistan References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Heimerl in H.G.A.Engler, 1934. Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2. 16c: 117

Additional references

• Struwig, M. (2011). A systematic study of Boerhavia L. and Commicarpus Standl. (Nyctaginaceae) in southern Africa: 1-287. Thesis, Potchefstroom campus of the North-West University.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Commicarpus pentandrus 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 pentandrus. Published online. Accessed: August 02 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Commicarpus pentandrus. 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 pentandrus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 August 2024.

Vernacular names

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