Gisekia

Gisekia africana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Gisekiaceae
Genus: Gisekia
Species: G. africana – G. diffusa – G. haudica – G. paniculata – G. pharnaceoides – G. polylopha – G. scabridula

Name

Gisekia L. Mant. Pl. 2: 554, 562. (1771)

• Type species: Gisekia pharnaceoides L. Mant. Pl. 2: 554, 562. (1771)
  

Note: Bissinger et al., (2014) found all species to be polyphyletic and suggest they all be subsumed into an expanded polymorphic Gisekia pharnaceoides or a Gisekia pharnaceoides aggregate - see also Hernández-Ledesma et al., (2015).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Koelreutera Murray, Novi Comment. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. 3: 67 (1773), nom. illeg.
  • Miltus Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 302 (1790).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa & Asia Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Ghana, Gulf States, Hainan, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Florida References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum Altera. Generum Editionis VI et Specierum Editionis II. Holmiae [Stockholm]. pp. [6] + 143­–587, Appendix. BHL Reference page. : 2: 554, 562.

Additional references

• Bissinger, K., Khoshravesh, R., Kotrade, J.P., Oakley, J., Sage, T.L., Sage, R.F., Hartmann, H.E. & Kadereit, G. 2014. Gisekia (Gisekiaceae): phylogenetic relationships, biogeography, and ecophysiology of a poorly known C4 lineage in the Caryophyllales. American Journal of Botany 101(3): 499-509. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1300279 Full text PDF Reference page. 
• Gilbert, M.G. 1993. A review of Gisekia (Gisekiaceae). Kew Bulletin 48(2): 343–356. Full text PDF from ResearchGate
• Hassler, M. 2017. Gisekia. 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. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2017 May 16. Reference page.  Segregates Gisekia pierrei Gagnep. from Gisekia africana (Lour.) Kuntze with no references.
• Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., Mering, S. v., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler R., Ocampo G., Ochoterena, H., Oxelman, B., Rabeler, R. K., Sanchez, A., Schlumpberger, B. O. & Uotila, P. 2015. A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Willdenowia 45(3): 281–383. DOI: 10.3372/wi.45.45301 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Gisekia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Gisekia. Published online. Accessed: Sep 10 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Gisekia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Sep 2021.

Vernacular names

한국어: 기세키아과
Tiếng Việt: Họ Cỏ lết
中文: 吉粟草科

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