Mechowia

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: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Mechowia

Species: M. grandiflora – M. redactifolia

Name

Mechowia Schinz, Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] 3, 1a: 110. (1893) / et in Bot. Jahrb. 21: 186. (1895)

• Type: Mechowia grandiflora Schinz

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa D.R.Congo (Zaire) South Tropical Africa Angola, Zambia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schinz, H. 1893. Amarantaceae. pp. 91–118. In: Engler, A. & Prantl, K. (eds.), Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, III Teil, Abteilung 1a. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. BHL Reference page. : 110
• Schinz, H. 1895. Amarantaceae africanae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 21: 178–191. BHL Reference page. : 186

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Mechowia. 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 Apr. 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Mechowia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 11 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Mechowia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 11. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Mechowia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Apr. 2019.