Pedersenia argentata

Pedersenia argentata flower details (figs. III)

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: Pedersenia
Species: Pedersenia argentata

Name

Pedersenia argentata (Mart.) Holub, Preslia 70(2): 181. (1998)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Trommsdorffia argentata Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 41. (1826), genus name illeg.
    • Type: [Puerto Rico]: Bertero, C.G. #s.n. Holotype: (Herb. Schultes). Isotype: H1245849
• Homotypic
  • Alternanthera argentata (Mart.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 352. (1849)
  • Iresine argentata (Mart.) D.Dietr., Syn. Pl. [D. Dietrich] 1: 870. (1839).
  • Achyranthes nodosa Bertero ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 352. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Achyranthes pilosa Pav. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 352. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Alternanthera argentata var. amazonica Seub., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 5(1): 187. (1875)
  • Alternanthera canescens (Willd.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 350. (1849), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Alternanthera canescens Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 204. (1818).
  • Alternanthera dubia Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 209. (1818).
  • Celosia cernua Mairet ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 351. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Gomphrena arborescens Balb. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 352. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Illecebrum dubium Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 818. (1824)
  • Illecebrum humboldtianum Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 517. (1819)
  • Illecebrum maritimum Willd. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 368, 371. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Iresine canescens Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.,Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(2): 765. (1806)
  • Pedersenia canescens (Willd.) Holub, Preslia 70(2): 181. (1998)
  • Trommsdorffia canescens (Willd.) Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 42. (1826), genus name illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Central America Nicaragua, Panama Caribbean Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Windward Is. Northern South America Venezuela Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Brazil Brazil North References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Holub, J. 1998. Trommsdorffia Bernh. 1800 is a validly published generic name. Preslia 70(2): 179–182. PDF Reference page. : 181
• Martius, C.F.P. von 1825. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der natürlichen Familie Amarantaceen. 144 pp. Halle. (Preprint from Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 13: 209–322. BHL) Reference page. : 130 (308)
• 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. : 41, 42
• 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. : 350, 352, 368

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Pedersenia argentata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 23. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Pedersenia argentata. 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 Sept. 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Pedersenia argentata. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 23 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Pedersenia argentata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Sept. 2019.