Pleuropetalum sprucei

Pleuropetalum sprucei

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: Pleuropetalum
Species: Pleuropetalum sprucei

Name

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

Synonyms

• 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)

Distribution

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 References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• 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

Links

• 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.

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