Petrobium arboreum

Petrobium arboreum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Coreopsideae
Genus: Petrobium
Species: Petrobium arboreum

• monotypic taxon

Name

Petrobium arboreum R.Br.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Bidens arborea Roxb. in A.Beatson, Tracts St. Helena: 301, 325 (1816)
  • Drimyphyllum helenianum Burch. ex DC. in Prodr. 5: 502 (1836)
  • Laxmannia arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. in Char. Gen. Pl.: 47 (1775)
  • Petrobium forsteri Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 39: 307 (1826)
  • Pharetranthus ferrugineus Klatt in Flora 68: 204 (1885)
  • Spilanthes arborea G.Forst. in Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. 9: 66 (1789)
  • Spilanthes pseudogummifera G.Forst. ex DC. in Prodr. 5: 502 (1836)
  • Spilanthes tetrandra Roxb. in A.Beatson, Tracts St. Helena: 325 (1816)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Middle Atlantic Ocean St. Helena References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• R.Br., Observ. Compositae 113. 1817 [before Sep 1817] ; a preprint from Trans. Linn. Soc. London 12(1): 75-142. (1817 publ. 25 Feb 1818)

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Petrobium arboreum. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 30 2017.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Petrobium arboreum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Dec. 30. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2017. Petrobium arboreum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Dec. 2017.
• Hassler, M. 2017. Petrobium arboreum. 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. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Dec 30. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Whitewood

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