Digera muricata subsp. muricata

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: Digera
Species: Digera muricata
Subspecies: Digera muricata subsp. muricata

Name

Digera muricata (L.) Mart. subsp. muricata, autonym

Synonyms

Basionym
- Achyranthes muricata L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1: 295. (1762)
  - Lectotype: Anon., #s.n. LINN-HL287-6.
Homotypic
- Desmochaeta muricata (L.) DC., Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. 103. (1813)
- Chamissoa muricata (L.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 815. (1824)
- Celosia muricata (L.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(2, Cur. Post.): 102. (1827)
- Cladostachys muricata (L.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 235. (1849)
Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
- Achyranthes alternifolia L., Mant. Pl. 50. (1767)
  - Lectotype: Burman, Nicolaas Laurens, #s.n., LINN-HL287-7.
- Desmochaeta alternifolia (L.) DC., Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. 103. (1813)
- Cladostachys alternifolia (L.) Sweet, Hort. Brit. [Sweet] 336. (1826)
- Uretia alternifolia (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 40. (1837), nom. inval.
- Digera alternifolia (L.) Asch., in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 180. (1867)
- Eclotoripa annua Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 40. (1837).
- Chamissoa arabica Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 815. (1824)
- Cladostachys arborescens D.Dietr., Syn. Pl. [D. Dietrich] 1: 861. (1839)
- Digera arvensis Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 65. (1775)
- Amaranthus arvensis (Forssk.) E.H.L.Krause, Deutschl. Fl. (Sturm), ed. 2. 5: 137. (1901)
- Achyranthes ciliata Lam., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 1(2): 549. (1785)
- Desmochaeta ciliata (Lam.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 553. (1819)
- Chamissoa ciliata (Lam.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 815. (1824)
- Digera ciliata (Lam.) Mart., Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 13: 285. (1826)
- Steiremis ciliata (Lam.) Raf., New Fl. [Rafinesque] 4: 45. (1838)
- Chamissoa commutata Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 815. (1824)
- Achyranthes digera Poir., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 2. 11. (1811)
- Digera forsskaoli Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 11: 542. (1826)
- Digera frutescens Juss. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 506. (1840)
- Eclotoripa fruticosa Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 40 (1837).
- Achyranthes polygonoides Retz., Observ. Bot. (Retzius) 2: 12. (1781)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa
- Northern Africa
  - Egypt
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Eritrea, Socotra, Somalia
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
- Western Asia
  - Afghanistan
- Arabian Peninsula
  - Djibouti, Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
- China
  - China Southeast
Asia-Tropical
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Bangladesh, India, Laccadive Is., Pakistan, Sri Lanka
- Indo-China
  - Myanmar
- Malesia
  - Jawa, Maluku, Sulawesi, Sumatera

Introduced to Taiwan, West Himalaya

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Digera muricata muricata. 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 Jul. 17. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Digera muricata subsp. muricata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Jul. 2019.

Vernacular names

English: False amaranth