Froelichia floridana

Froelichia floridana

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: Gomphrenoideae
Genus: Froelichia
Species: Froelichia floridana

Name

Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 420. (1849)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Oplotheca floridana Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall]. 2: 79. (1818)
    • Type: USA: Florida: Banks of the Altamana River. Baldwin, W. #s.n. Type: PH PH00019847; Isotype: US US00102733.
• Homotypic
  • Gomphrena floridana (Nutt.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 824. (1824)
  • Froelichia gracilis var. floridana (Nutt.) Holz., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 197, 214. (1892)
• Heterotypic
  • Froelichia campestris Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small]. 397, 1330. (1903)
  • Froelichia floridana var. campestris (Small) Fernald, Rhodora 43: 336. (1941)
  • Froelichia floridana var. pallescens Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 421. (1849)
  • Gomphrena exaltata Delile ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 420. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin Northeastern U.S.A. Indiana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Amarantaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 231–424. Masson, Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 420
• Nuttall, T. 1818. The genera of North American plants, and a catalogue of the species, to the year 1817. Volume 2. 245 + 10 pp., D. Heartt, Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. : 79

Additional references

• eFloras 2008. Froelichia floridana in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Froelichia floridana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 29. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Froelichia floridana. 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 Sept. 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Froelichia floridana. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 29 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Froelichia floridana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Sept. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Froelichia floridana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Florida snakecotton

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