Gomphrena diffusa

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 diffusa

Subspecies: G. d. subsp. arenicola – G. d. subsp. diffusa

Name

Gomphrena diffusa (R.Br.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 824. (1824)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Philoxerus diffusus R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 416. (1810)
    • Type locality: Australia. "Nova-Hollandia" Northern Territory: North Island, Sir Edward Pellew Group (island h).
    • Holotype: 1802-12-18, Brown R. #3061. BM BM001015866, BM001015867; Isotypes: #s.n. G G00236954, K K000357408, MEL MEL59371, P P00622624, P00622625, P00622626, PH PH00029655.
• Homotypic
  • Caraxeron diffusus (R.Br.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 38. (1837)
  • Xeraea diffusa (R.Br.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545. (1891)
  • Iresine brownii Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 341. (1849), nom. nov. (blocked by Iresine diffusa Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4(2): 765. 1806)
• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Alternanthera nana F.Bauer ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 341. (1849), nom. inval. in syn. (non Alternanthera nana R.Br. 1810)

Homonyms

• Gomphrena diffusa Pav. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 410. (1849), nom. inval.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Australasia Australia Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. pp. i–viii + 145–590, Londini: R.Taylor. BHL Reference page. : 416
• 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. : 341
• Rafinesque, C.S. 1837 ["1836"]. Flora Telluriana. Pars Tertia. 100 pp. Philadelphia, H. Probasco. BHL Reference page. : 38
• Sprengel, C. 1824 ('1825'). Caroli Linnaei, ... Systema vegetabilium. Ed. 16. Vol. I: Classis 1–5. 992 pp. Sumtibus Librariae Dieterichianae, Gottingae [Göttingen]. BHL Reference page. : 824

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Gomphrena diffusa 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 diffusa. 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 diffusa. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 26 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Gomphrena diffusa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Oct. 2019.