Pfaffia aurata

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: Pfaffia
Species: Pfaffia aurata

Pfaffia aurata (Mart.) Borsch, Novon 5: 230. (1995)

Accepted by Hassler 2019. Considered as a synonym of Pedersenia argentata by Govaerts 2019.

Basionym
- Trommsdorffia aurata Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 41. (1826), (genus name illeg.)
  - Type: Brazil: Provinciae Rio Negro. In argillosis praeruptis opacatis fluv. Japurà ripis ad Maribi. Martius, C.F.P. von #s.n. Holotype: M M0241822 & M0241823 (drawing); Isotype: P P00623774.
Homotypic
- Alternanthera aurata (Mart.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 353. (1849)
- Iresine aurata (Mart.) D.Dietr., Syn. Pl. [D. Dietrich] 1: 870. (1839)
- Hebanthe aurata (Mart.) Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 3(1): 42. (1880)

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Central America Nicaragua Northern South America Venezuela Western South America Colombia Ecuador, Peru References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Borsch, T. 1995. Three new combinations in Pfaffia (Amaranthaceae) from the New World tropics. Novon 5: 230–233. BHL Reference page. : 230
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, tab. 139
Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. 1880. Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus servata definita. Vol. 3, pars 1, sistens Dicotyledonum Monochlamydearum ordines XXXVI (Nyctagnieas – Ceratophylleas) et Gymnospermearum ordines III (Gnetaceas – Cycadaceas). A. Black, 459 pp. Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. : 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. : 353
Dietrich, D. 1839. Synopsis plantarum: seu, Enumeratio systematica plantarum plerumque adhuc cognitarum cum differentiis specificis et synonymis selectis ad modum Persoonii elaborata. Tomus 1. pp. 1–879. Vimariae: B. F. Voigtii. BHL Reference page. : 870

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Pfaffia aurata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 18. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Pfaffia aurata. 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. 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Pfaffia aurata. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 18 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Pfaffia aurata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Sept. 2019.