Froelichia floridana

Froelichia floridana

Taxonavigation edit

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 edit

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

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Oplotheca floridana Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall]. 2: 79. (1818)
  • 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 edit

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 edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

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

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

English: Florida snakecotton
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