Nitrophila mohavensis

Nitrophila mohavensis

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: Polycnemoideae
Tribus: Polycnemeae
Genus: Nitrophila
Species: Nitrophila mohavensis

Name

Nitrophila mohavensis Munz & J.C.Roos, Aliso 3: 112. (1955)

• Type locality: USA: California: Inyo Co.: open flats of Amargosa Desert, 3 mi NE of Death Valley jct along Ash Meadows Rd; 2050 ft.
• Holotype: 1954-06-13, Roos, J.C. & Roos, A.R. #6140. RSA-89531 RSA0002412; Isotypes: A A00037211, CAS CAS0007247, CAS0213916, COLO COLO00385682, DAV DAV129000, DAV95793, DS, GH GH00037210, K K000898778, LA LA00000092, MEXU MEXU00653440, MO MO-216253, MO-216254, NY, RM RM0002246, RSA0002413, RSA0002414, SBBG SBBG000089, TEX TEX00370680, UCSB UCSB000018, UCR UCR0000011, US US00102509, WTU.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Southwestern U.S.A. California, Nevada References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Munz, P.A. & Roos, J.C. 1955. California Miscellany III. Aliso 3(2): 111–119. DOI: 10.5642/aliso.19550302.03 Reference page. : 112–114, f. 1–3

Additional references

• Masson, R. & Kadereit, G. 2013. Phylogeny of Polycnemoideae (Amaranthaceae): Implications for biogeography, character evolution and taxonomy. Taxon 62 (1): 100–111. DOI: 10.1002/tax.621009 JSTORReference page. 
• eFloras 2008. Nitrophila mohavensis in Flora of North America . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Nitrophila mohavensis. 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 Nov. 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Nitrophila mohavensis. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 19 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Nitrophila mohavensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Nov. 19. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Nitrophila mohavensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Nov. 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Amargosa niterwort

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