Iresine latifolia

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: Iresine
Species: Iresine latifolia

Name

Iresine latifolia (M.Martens & Galeotti) Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 3(1): 42. (1880)

• valid combination according to ICBN 33.2; cites basionym indirectly as Alternanthera [latifolia] Moq., which itself is based on Gomphrena latifolia M. Martens & Galeotti.

Accepted by Govaerts 2019. Considered as a synonym of Iresine calea by Hassler 2019.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Gomphrena latifolia M.Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10: 349. (1843)
    • Lectotype (designated Borsch et al., 2018: 968.): Mexico. 1840, H.G. Galeotti #423. Lectotype: BR BR000006952501; Isolectotype: BR000006953157.
• Homotypic
  • Alternanthera latifolia (M.Martens & Galeotti) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 351. (1849)
• Heterotypic
  • Achyranthes calea Ibáñez, Naturaleza (Madrid) 3: 79, t. 3. (1879)
  • Gossypianthus mollis (Hemsl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 543. (1891)
  • Hebanthe mollis Hemsl., Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3: 20. (1882)
  • Iresine calea (Ibantz) Standl., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 94. (1916)
  • Iresine latifolia var. velutina Loes., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 203. (1919)
  • Iresine laxa S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 454. (1886)

Homonyms

• Iresine latifolia Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 351. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Southern America Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua Northern South America Colombia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• 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. : 351
• Martens, M. & Galeotti, H.G. 1843. Enumeratio synoptica plantarum phanerogamicarum ab Henrico Galeotti in regionibus Mexicanis collectarum. Bulletins de l’Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles 10(1): 110–134 BHL, 208–224 BHL, 341–361 BHL. Reference page. : 349

Additional references

• Borsch, T., Flores‐Olvera, H., Zumaya, S. & Müller, K. 2018. Pollen characters and DNA sequence data converge on a monophyletic genus Iresine (Amaranthaceae, Caryophyllales) and help to elucidate its species diversity. Taxon 67(5): 944–976. DOI: 10.12705/675.7 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Iresine latifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 03. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Iresine latifolia. 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. 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Iresine latifolia. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 03 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Iresine latifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Oct. 2019.