Volkensinia prostrata

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: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Volkensinia
Species: Volkensinia prostrata

Name

Volkensinia prostrata (Volkens ex Gilg) Schinz, Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 57: 535. (1912), in adnot.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Kentrosphaera prostrata Volkens ex Gilg, Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. [Engler & Prantl] I. 153. (1897)
• Homotypic
  • Marcellia prostrata (Volkens ex Gilg) C.B.Clarke, Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1.1): 51. (1909), genus name illeg.
  • Dasysphaera prostrata (Volkens ex Gilg) Cavaco, Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, Ser. Bot. xiii. 96. (1962)
• Heterotypic
  • Marcellia leptacantha Peter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(2, Anhang): 26. (1932), genus name illeg.
  • Volkensinia grandiflora Suess., Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 2(12): 70 (1955).
  • Volkensinia prostrata f. lanceolata Suess., Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 2(12): 71 (1955).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia (S-Ethiopia), Sudan (South Sudan). East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Schinz, H. 1912. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der afrikanischen Flora. (XXV). Mit Beiträgen von Eduard Hackel, Albert Thellung, Hans Schinz. Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 57: 531–562. BHL Reference page. : 535
• Gilg, E.F. 1897. Amarantaceae. pp. 151–154. in Engler, A. & Prantl, K. (eds.), Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien Nachträge II–IV, 1. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. BHL Reference page. : 153.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Volkensinia prostrata. 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 Feb. 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Volkensinia prostrata. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 17 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Volkensinia prostrata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Feb. 17. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Volkensinia prostrata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Feb. 2019.