Gomphrena elegans

Taxonavigation

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

Gomphrena elegans Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 17, t. 119. (1826)

Type locality: Brazil. "Crescit in pratis prope S. Pauli civitatem in Provincia S. Pauli. E regionibus australioribus misit clar. Sellow."
Lectotype (designated by Pedersen 1997: 229.): Bahia. Martius, C.F.P. von #s.n. M M-0241724; Isotype: Martius, C.F.P. von #1 P P00622680.

Homotypic
- Xeraea elegans (Mart.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545. (1891)
Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
- Gomphrena elegans var. brunnea Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 310. (1934)
- Gomphrena elegans var. claussenioides Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 310. (1934)
- Gomphrena tuerckheimii Uline & W.L.Bray, Bot. Gaz. 20: 161. (1895)
  - Type locality: Guatemala. Coban depart. Alta Verapaz, alt. 4300 pp.
  - Holotype: 1886-05, Tuerckheim H. von #416. BM000993132 (Holotype?); Isotypes: BR0000006950842, P00622635, P00622636, PH00030217.
- Telanthera tuerckheimii Vatke ex Uline & W.L.Bray, Bot. Gaz. 20: 161. (1895), nom. inval.
- Gomphrena viridifolia Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 316. (1934)
  - Lectotype (designated by Holzhammer 1956: 225.): Uruguay. Canelones, Toledo. 1927-05, W. Herter #929 (81881). M-0241814; Isolectotype: US-00102806.
(+ ref. Hassler 2019)
- Gomphrena elegans f. nigrovirida Stuchlík, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 522. (1913)
- Gomphrena hilariana Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 393. (1849)
- Xeraea hilariana (Moq.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545. (1891)

Native distribution areas:

Northern America
- Mexico
  - Mexico Southeast
Southern America
- Central America
  - Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
- Northern South America
  - Venezuela
- Western South America
  - Colombia, Peru
- Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
- Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay

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
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. : 17, t. 119
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. : 393
Suessenguth, K., 1934. Neue und kritische Amarantaceen aus Süd- und Mittel-Amerika. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 35(18–25): 298–337. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 310, 316
Uline, E.B. & Bray, W.L. 1895. Synopsis of North American Amaranthaceae. II–IV. Botanical Gazette 20: II. 155–161. BHL, III. 337–344. BHL, IV. 449–453. BHL Reference page. : 161

Bena, M.J. 2017. Typification and nomenclatural notes on twenty-seven names of Gomphrena L. (Amaranthaceae) linked to the South American Flora. Phytotaxa 296(2): 131–146. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.296.2.3 . Reference page. : 144
Holzhammer, E. 1956. Die amerikanischen Arten der Gattung Gomphrena L. 2. Teil. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 2(14–15): 178–257. BHL Reference page.
Pedersen, T.M. 1997. Studies in South American Amaranthaceae. IV. Adansonia, série 3, 19: 217–251. [1] Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Gomphrena elegans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 30. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Gomphrena elegans. 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. 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Gomphrena elegans. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 30 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Gomphrena elegans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Oct. 2019.