Gomphrena caespitosa

Taxonavigation

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

Gomphrena caespitosa Torr., Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound., Bot. [Emory] 2(1): 181. (1858)

Type locality: United States: New Mexico.
Syntype: Organ Mountains. 1852-04-30, C. Wright #1752, Isosyntype: GH00037066 (mounted with Isosyntypes Torrey, Wright 1752, 263869, 263868), K000848098 (with K000848097; K000848099), K000848100, NY00324487
Syntype: 1851, G. Thurber #256. F0047609F
Syntype: Copper Mines. 1851-08-27, C. Wright #1753. GH00263872 (mounted with Isosyntypes Torrey, Wright 1753, 263874, 263873)
Further syntypes at JSTOR

Homotypic
- Xeraea caespitosa (Torr.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545. (1891)
Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019, but accepted by Govaerts 2019)
- Gomphrena viridis Wooton & Standl., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 120. (1913)
  - Type locality: United States: New Mexico. Grant. Hanover Mountain.
  - Holotype: 1911-07-31, Holzinger, J.M. #s.n. HT: US-660403 US00102807.

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Torrey, J. 1859. Botany of the Boundary. In: Emory, W.H. Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. Vol. 2(1): 27–270, pl. 1–61. BHL Reference page. : 181
Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. : 545
Wooton, E.O. & Standley, P.C. 1913. Descriptions of new plants preliminary to a report upon the Flora of New Mexico. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 16(4): 109–196. BHL Reference page. : 120

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

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Gomphrena caespitosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 24. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Gomphrena caespitosa. 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 Oct. 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Gomphrena caespitosa. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 24 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Gomphrena caespitosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Oct. 2019.

English: tufted globe amaranth