Psammotropha

Psammotropha myriantha

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Molluginaceae
Genus: Psammotropha
Species: P. alternifolia – P. anguina – P. diffusa – P. frigida – P. marginata – P. mucronata – P. myriantha – P. obovata – P. obtusa – P. quadrangularis – P. spicata

Name

Psammotropha Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 2: 286. (1836)

• Type species: Psammotropha marginata (Thunb.) Druce Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 4(Suppl. 2): 642. (1917) originally designated as Psammotropha parvifolia Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 2: 287. (1836)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Mallogonum Rchb. in Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst.: 236 (1837)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Africa Regional: Southern Africa Angola, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania Regional: Central Africa Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Ecklon, C.F. & Zeyher, C. 1836-1837. Enumeratio plantarum africae australis extratropicae. Pars 2 & 3. Pp.145–400. Hamburg. BHL Reference page. : 2: 286.

Additional references

• Thulin, M., Moore, A.J., El-Seedi, H., Larsson, A., Christin, P.A. & Edwards, E.J. 2016. Phylogeny and generic delimitation in Molluginaceae, new pigment data in Caryophyllales, and the new family Corbichoniaceae. Taxon 65(4): 775–793. DOI: 10.12705/654.6 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Psammotropha. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2017 Apr. 21.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Psammotropha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 18. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2017. Psammotropha. 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 Apr. 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Psammotropha. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 21 2017.
• Tropicos.org 2017. Psammotropha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Apr. 2017.

Vernacular names

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