Quinchamalium

Quinchamalium chilensepx

Taxonavigation

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

Familiae: Schoepfiaceae
Genus: Quinchamalium
Species: Q. chilense

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Quinchamalium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 26. Reference page.

Name

Quinchamalium Molina, Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili: 151. (1782)
Note: This genus is now circumscribed as monotypic - a widespread and morphologically variable Q. chilense (Lopez Laphitz, 2016 & Govaerts et al., 2020)

References

• Molina, J.I. 1782. Saggio sulla Storia Naturale del Chili. Stamperia di S. Tomaso d'Aquino: Bologna. 367 pp. Reference page. !151 Internet Archive 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Quinchamalium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 18. Reference page. 
• Gunckel, H. 1972. Plantas chilenas descritas como nuevas por Juan Ignacio Molina y sus concordancias con la nomenclatura botánica actual. Noticiero Mensual del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural 17(197): 3–11.
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Quinchamalium. Published online. Accessed: May 18 2020.
• Lopez Laphitz, R.M., Ezcurra, C. & Vidal-Russell, R. 2016. Morphological variation in Quinchamalium (Schoepfiaceae) is associated with climatic patterns along its Andean distribution. Systematic Botany 40(4): 1045-1052. DOI: 10.1600/036364415X690085 ResearchGate Reference page. 

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