Gomphrena serrata

Gomphrena serrata
Gomphrena serrata

Taxonavigation edit

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 serrata

Name edit

Gomphrena serrata L., Sp. Pl. 1: 224. (1753)

  • Type locality: "Habitat in America."
  • Holotype: Venezuela. F.W.H.A. von Humboldt #s.n. B (lost?). Photo: F0BN003234.
  • Neotype: (designated by Mears 1980, Taxon 29: 86.): Mexico. Vera Cruz, Houstoun BM.

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Xeraea serrata (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545. (1891)
  • Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
    • Achyranthes ternata hort. ex Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall., Index Seminum [St.Petersburg (Petropolitanus)] 9, Suppl.: 12 (1844), nom. inval. in syn.
    • Amaranthoides decumbens (Jacq.) M.Gómez, Anales Inst. Segunda Enseñ. 2: 313 (1896).
    • Celosia decumbens hort ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 410 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
    • Celosia procumbens hort ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 410 (1849), nom. inval. in syn. (non Celosia procumbens Jacq., Misc. Austriac. [Jacquin] 2: 344, 1781)
    • Celosia prostrata hort ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 410 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
    • Gomphrena argentea hort ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 410 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
    • Gomphrena bicolor hort ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 410 (1849), nom. inval. in syn. (non Gomphrena bicolor Mart., Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 13: 300, 1826).
    • Gomphrena decumbens Jacq., Pl. Rar. Hort. Schoenbr. 4: 41 (t. 482) (1804), (non Gomphrena decumbens Lag., Elench. 17, 1803).
    • Gomphrena dispersa Standl., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 91 (1916).
    • Gomphrena flava Pav. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 410 (1849), nom. inval. in syn. (non Gomphrena flava L., Sp. Pl. 1: 224, 1753)
    • Gomphrena ixiamensis Rusby, Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 502 (1910).
    • Gomphrena trispicata Pav. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 410 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
    • Xeraea decumbens (Jacq.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545. (1891)
  • (+ ref. Govaerts 2019)
    • Gomphrena decumbens f. lanceolata Stuchlík, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 157 (1912).
    • Gomphrena decumbens f. magnifolia Stuchlík, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 158 (1912).
    • Gomphrena decumbens var. pringlei Stuchlík, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 156 (1912).
    • Gomphrena lancifolia Pav. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 394 (1849).
    • Xeraea lancifolia (Pav. ex Moq.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545. (1891)
  • (+ ref. Hassler 2019), but see Gomphrena celosioides by Govaerts 2019)
    • Gomphrena alba Peter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(2, Anhang): 24 (1932).
    • Gomphrena celosioides Mart., Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 13: 301 (1826).
    • Gomphrena celosioides f. roseiflora (Chodat) Pedersen , Darwiniana 20(1/2): 273 (1976).
    • Gomphrena celosioides f. villosa Suess.
    • Gomphrena decumbens var. albiflora (Chodat & Hassl.) Stuchlík, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 158 (1912).
    • Gomphrena decumbens f. albiflora Chodat & Hassl., Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 3: 389 (1903).
    • Gomphrena decumbens var. carinata Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 39: 8 (1935).
    • Gomphrena decumbens var. grandifolia Stuchlík, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 157 (1912).
    • Gomphrena diffusa Pav. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 410 (1849), nom. inval. in syn. (non Gomphrena diffusa Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 824, 1824).
    • Gomphrena lutea Rusby, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 238 (1927).
    • Gomphrena perennis subsp. pseudodecumbens Stuchlík, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 153 (1912).
    • Gomphrena perennis f. ramosissima Stuchlík, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 153 (1912).
    • Gomphrena perennis f. simplex Stuchlík, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 153 (1912).
    • Gomphrena prostrata Desf., Tabl. École Bot. 219 (1804), nom. inval. nud. (non Gomphrena prostrata Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 5, t. 105, 1826).
    • Gomphrena serrata Pav. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 410 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
    • Gomphrena tumida Seidl ex Opiz, Naturalientausch n. 9: 154. (1825)
    • Xeraea celosioides (Mart.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545. (1891)

Homonyms edit

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

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • South-Central U.S.A.
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
    • Caribbean
      • Leeward Is., Windward Is.
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador
    • Southern South America
      • Paraguay

Introduced elsewhere


References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

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

Links edit

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