Pleuropetalum sprucei

Taxonavigation

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

Pleuropetalum sprucei (Hook.f.) Standl., N. Amer. Fl. 21(2): 96. (1917)

Basionym
- Melanocarpum sprucei Hook.f., Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 3(1): 24. (1880), as "C. sprucei"
  - Type locality: Ecuador. In sylvis ad pedem m. Chimborazo.
  - Holotype: 08-1860, Spruce, R. #6153. Types: BM000993087, K000202229.
Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
- Pleuropetalum calospermum Standl., J. Washington Acad. Sci. 13: 368. (1923)
- Pleuropetalum costaricense Hemsl., Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3: 12. (1882)
- Pleuropetalum tucurriquense Donn.Sm., Bot. Gaz. 61: 387. (1916)

Native distribution areas:

Northern America
- Mexico
  - Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
Southern America
- Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
- Northern South America
  - Venezuela
- Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Standley, P.C. 1917. Amaranthaceae. pp. 95–169. In: North American Flora. Vol. 21, Part 2. The New York Botanical Garden. BHL Reference page. : 96
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. : 24

Hassler, M. 2019. Pleuropetalum sprucei. 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 Jul. 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Pleuropetalum sprucei. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 10 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Pleuropetalum sprucei in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 10. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Pleuropetalum sprucei. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Jul. 2019.