Cressa truxillensis

Cressa truxillensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Convolvulaceae
Tribus: Cresseae
Genus: Cressa
Species: Cressa truxillensis

Name

Cressa truxillensis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 93 (1819).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cressa cretica var. truxillensis (Kunth) Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 440 (1845).
• Heterotypic
  • Cressa arenaria Willd. ex Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 6: 207 (1820).
  • Cressa multiflora Willd. ex Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 6: 207 (1820).
  • Cressa australis var. petiolata Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 7: 329 (1869).
  • Cressa depressa Goodd., Bot. Gaz. 37: 58 (1904).
  • Cressa insularis House, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 315 (1906).
  • Cressa minima A.Heller, Muhlenbergia 8: 140 (1912).
  • Cressa vallicola A.Heller, Muhlenbergia 8: 140 (1912).
  • Cressa erecta Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 466 (1913).
  • Cressa truxillensis var. minima (A.Heller) Munz, Aliso 4: 96 (1958).
  • Cressa truxillensis var. vallicola (A.Heller) Munz, Aliso 4: 96 (1958).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America USA (Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah), Peru, Ecuador, Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Chubut, Cordoba, Corrientes, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Salta, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman), Chile (Tarapaca, Antofagasta, Atacama, Coquimbo, Reg. Metropolitana), Paraguay (Alto Paraguay), Uruguay (Montevideo), Revillagigedos Isl. (Isla Socorro, Isla Clarion), Hawaii (Oahu, Molokai, Kahoolawe), Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas) Continental: Southern America Bolivia (Cochabamba) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kunth, C.S. in F. W. H. A. von Humboldt et al., 1819. Nov. Gen. Sp. 3:93[folio]; 3:119[quarto]. 1819

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cressa truxillensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 05. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Cressa truxillensis. 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 November 05. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cressa truxillensis. Published online. Accessed: November 05 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Cressa truxillensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 November 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cressa truxillensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Spreading alkaliweed

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