Gomphrena leucocephala

Gomphrena leucocephala

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 leucocephala

Name

Gomphrena leucocephala Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 10, t. 110. (1826)

• Type locality: Brazil. Provinc. Bahia, in desert. Bahiensi.
• Holotype (Original material): Martius, C.F.P. von #s.n. M M0241746

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Xeraea leucocephala (Mart.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545. (1891)
• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
  • Gomphrena leucocephala var. foliosa Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 313. (1934)
    • Type locality: Brazil. Province de Piauhy. [City of Aeiras].
    • Holotype: 1839-05, Gardner G. #2298. BM000993139; Isotypes: P00622696, P00622697
  • Gomphrena minima Pav. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 414. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
• (+ ref. Hassler 2019, accpeted species by Govaerts 2019)
  • Alternanthera glaziovii R.E.Fr., Ark. Bot. 16, no. 13: 12, fig. 3. (1921)
    • Type locality: Brazil. civit. Espirito Santo. Páo d'Alho, in campo.
    • Holotype: Glaziou, A.F.M. #10020. C10005348.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast 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. : : 10, t. 110
• 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. : 414
• 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. : 313
• Fries, R.E. 1921. Revision der von Glaziou in Brasilien gesammelten Amarantaceen. Arkiv för Botanik 16(13): 1–21. BHL Reference page. : 12, fig. 3

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Gomphrena leucocephala in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Nov. 4. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Gomphrena leucocephala. 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 Nov. 4. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Gomphrena leucocephala. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 4 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Gomphrena leucocephala. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 4 Nov. 2019.

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