Pfaffia tuberosa

Pfaffia tuberosa

Pfaffia tuberosa

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 tuberosa

Subspecies: P. t. subsp. goiana – P. t. subsp. tuberosa

Formae: Pfaffia tuberosa f. rubella

Name

Pfaffia tuberosa (Spreng.) Hicken, Apuntes Hist. Nat. 2: 93. (1910). (Reference to the basionym indirect to Moq.)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Gomphrena tuberosa Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 823. (1824)
    • Type locality: "Monte Video, Sello" #s.n.
• Homotypic
  • Pfaffia sericea var. glabrescens Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 22. (1826), incorrect nom.nov.
  • Gomphrena tuberosa var. glabrescens (Mart.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 388. (1849), nom. inval. (type of species included)
  • Pfaffia sericea f. glabrescens (Mart.) O.Stützer, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 88: 29. (1935) (incorrectly attributed to Moq.)
• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Gomphrena sericea Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 823. (1824), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Gomphrena sericea Hoffmanns. ex Willd., 1819).
    • Intended type locality: "Monte Video, Sello" #s.n.
  • Gomphrena tuberosa var. sericea (Mart.) Seub., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 5(1): 195. (1875)
  • Gomphrena tuberosa var. vestita Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 388. (1849)
  • Pfaffia sericea (Spreng.) Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 22, t. 123. (1826), nom. illeg.
  • Pfaffia sericea f. vestita (Moq.) O.Stützer, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 88: 29. (1935), nom. inval.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Western South America Bolivia, Colombia Brazil Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Paraguay, Uruguay References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hicken, C.M. 1910. Chloris platensis Argentina. Apuntes de Historia Natural 2. 292 pp. Bibliotheca Digital Reference page. : 93
• Sprengel, C. 1824 ('1825'). Caroli Linnaei, ... Systema vegetabilium. Ed. 16. Vol. I: Classis 1–5. 992 pp. Sumtibus Librariae Dieterichianae, Gottingae [Göttingen]. BHL Reference page. : 823
• 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. : 22, t. 123
• 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. : 388

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Pfaffia tuberosa 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 tuberosa. 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 tuberosa. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 18 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Pfaffia tuberosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Sept. 2019.

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