Froelichia gracilis

Taxonavigation

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

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

Basionym
- Oplotheca gracilis Hook., Icon. Pl. 3: sub t. 256. (1840)
  - Type: USA: Texas. 1835, Drummond #244. Type specimens: K K000848093, K000848094, K000848095; Isotypes: GOET GOET005659, P P00623752, P00623753, PH PH00014574.
Heterotypic
- Oplotheca texana A.Braun, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 12: 355. (1849)
- Froelichia texana (A.Braun) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small]. 397. (1903), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Froelichia texana J.M.Coult. & Fisher, 1892)
- Froelichia braunii Standl., N. Amer. Fl. 21(2): 128. (1917), nom. nov.

Native distribution areas:

Northern America
- Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado, Wyoming
- North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
- Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona
- South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico, Texas
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi
- Mexico
  - Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest

Introduced elsewhere

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
Hooker, W.J. (ed.) 1840. Icones Plantarum; or figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks, of new or rare plants, selected from the author's herbarium. Vol. III. Tabs. CCI–CCC. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman. BHL Reference page. : descr.

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

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Froelichia gracilis 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 gracilis. 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 gracilis. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 29 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Froelichia gracilis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Sept. 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Froelichia gracilis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

English: Slender snakecotton