Gomphrena demissa

Gomphrena demissa

Taxonavigation

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: Gomphrena
Species: Gomphrena demissa

Name

Gomphrena demissa Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 4. (1826).

• Type locality: Brazil. In siccis montosis, prope V. de Caxoeira. Provinciae Bahiensis.
• Holotype: Martius, C.F.P. von #Obs. 2189. M M0241712.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Xeraea demissa (Mart.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545. (1891)
• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
  • Gomphrena blanchetii Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 413. (1849)
    • Type locality: Brazil: Près de Bahia, Montagne de la Jacobine.
    • Holotype: Blanchet J.S. #2594. P00622660; Isotypes: BM000993136, K000583077, K000583078, LD1227909, P00622659, P00622661.
  • Gomphrena demissa var. megacephala Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 39: 8. (1935)
  • Xeraea blanchetii (Moq.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545. (1891)
• (+ ref. Govaerts 2019, but accepted species by Hassler 2019)
  • Gomphrena grazielae J.C.Siqueira, Eugeniana no. 4: 10 (-11), fig. (1982)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Martius, C.F.P. de 1826. Nova genera et species plantarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII–MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi suscepto collegit et descripsit Dr. C. F. P. de Martius ..., vol. 2. Pp. 1–148, tt. 101–200. Typis C. Wolf, Monachii [Munich]. BHL Reference page. : 4, t. 104
• 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
• 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. : 413

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Gomphrena demissa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 26. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Gomphrena demissa. 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. 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Gomphrena demissa. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 26 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Gomphrena demissa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Oct. 2019.

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