Corynaea crassa

Corynaea crassa

Corynaea crassa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Balanophoraceae
Genus: Corynaea
Species: Corynaea crassa
Varietates: C. c. var. crassa – C. c. var. sprucei

Name

Corynaea crassa Hook.f. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 22: 31, 54, t. 13. (1856)

• Type locality: Colombia: Habitat sylvis densis Crataegi, Thibaudiae et Befariae, prope Santa Fé de Bogotá, Novae Granadae, alt. 8000 ped, 1846.
• Type: William Purdie s.n.; Colombia: near Santa Fé de Bogotá. Holotype: K (BC:K000642148).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Itoasia crassa (Hook.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 590 (1891)
• Heterotypic
  • Corynaea purdiei Hook.f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 22: 31, 55 (1856)
  • Corynaea sphaerica Hook.f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 22: 31, 55, t. 14 (1856)
  • Itoasia purdiaei (Hook.f.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 590 (1891)
  • Itoasia sphaerica (Hook.f.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 590 (1891)
  • Corynaea sprucei Eichler in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 17: 137 (1873)
  • Itoasia sprucei (Eichler) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 590 (1891)
  • Helosis whymperi Baker f. in J. Bot. 28: 161 (1890)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Central America Costa Rica, Panamá Northern South America Venezuela Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hooker, J.D. 1856. On the Structure and Affinities of Balanophoreae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 22: 1–68. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Corynaea crassa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Oct. 24. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Corynaea crassa. 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 Oct. 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Corynaea crassa. Published online. Accessed: 24. Oct. 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Corynaea crassa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Oct. 2024.

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