Gamochaeta americana

Gamochaeta americana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Gnaphalieae
Subtribus: Gnaphaliinae
Genus: Gamochaeta
Species: Gamochaeta americana

Name

Gamochaeta americana ((Mill.) Wedd., Chlor. Andina 1: 151 (1856)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Gnaphalium americanum Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: [s.p.] (1768)
  • Gnaphalium purpureum var. americanum (Mill.) Klatt in Linnaea 42: 140 (1878)
• Heterotypic
  • Gamochaeta americana var. alpina Wedd. in Chlor. Andina 1: 152 (1856)
  • Gamochaeta americana subvar. interrupta Wedd. in Chlor. Andina 1: 152 (1856)
  • Gamochaeta americana var. vulgaris Wedd. in Chlor. Andina 1: 152 (1856)
  • Gamochaeta coarctata (Willd.) Kerguélen in Lejeunia, n.s., 120: 104 (1987)
  • Gamochaeta guatemalensis (Gand.) Cabrera in Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 9: 371 (1961)
  • Gamochaeta irazuensis G.L.Nesom in Phytologia 68: 199 (1990)
  • Gamochaeta spicata (Klatt) Cabrera in Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 9: 380 (1961), nom. superfl.
  • Gnaphalium coarctatum Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1886 (1803)
  • Gnaphalium consanguineum Gaudich. in Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 103 (1825)
  • Gnaphalium guatemalense Gand. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 42 (1918)
  • Gnaphalium liui S.S.Ying in Coloured Ill. Fl. Taiwan 6: 666 (1998)
  • Gnaphalium purpureum var. macrophyllum Greenm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 39: 97 (1903)
  • Gnaphalium purpureum var. spicatum Klatt in Linnaea 42: 140 (1878)
  • Gnaphalium radians var. spicatum Klatt in Linnaea 42: 140 (1878-1879)
  • Gnaphalium spicatum Lam. in Encycl. 2: 757 (1788), nom. illeg.
  • Gnaphalium spicatum var. alpinum (Wedd.) Hieron. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 31 (1900)
  • Gnaphalium spicatum var. chonoticum Hook.f. in Fl. Antarct. 2: 309 (1846)
  • Gnaphalium spicatum var. consanguineum Skottsb. in Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Sudpol.-Exped. 4(10): 50 (1909)
  • Gnaphalium spicatum f. consanguineum Skottsb. in Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 50(3): 55 (1913)
  • Gnaphalium spicatum var. hololeucum Phil. in Anales Univ. Chile 90: 21 (1895)
  • Gnaphalium spicatum var. interruptum DC. in Prodr. 6: 232 (1838)
  • Gnaphalium spicatum var. sabulosum DC. in Prodr. 6: 232 (1838)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Falkland Is., Paraguay, Uruguay Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Chile Central, Chile South, Ecuador, Peru, Galápagos Regional: Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Regional: Northern South America Colombia, Venezuela Regional: Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Cape Provinces, China South-Central, Florida, France, Georgia, India, KwaZulu-Natal, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Zealand North, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Portugal, South Carolina, Spain, Swaziland, Taiwan, Texas, Tristan da Cunha, Virginia, West Himalaya References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Weddell, H.A. 1855–1857. Chloris Andina. Essai d'une flore de la région alpine des Cordillères de l'Amérique du Sud. Tome 1. 232 pp., tt. 1–42. P. Bertrand, Paris. BHL Reference page. : 1: 151

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Gamochaeta americana. Published online. Accessed: January 14 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Gamochaeta americana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 14. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Gamochaeta americana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 January 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Gamochaeta americana. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 14. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: American everlasting

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