Quinchamalium

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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