Sphenoclea zeylanica

Sphenoclea zeylanica

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Sphenocleaceae
Genus: Sphenoclea
Species: Sphenoclea zeylanica

Name

Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Reichelia palustris Blanco in Fl. Filip.: 220 (1837), nom. illeg.
  • Gaertnera pongatii Retz. in Observ. Bot. 6: 24 (1791)
  • Schrebera pongati DC. in Prodr. 7: 548 (1839), orth. var.
  • Gaertnera pangati Retz. in Observ. Bot. 6: 24 (1791)
  • Pongatium indicum Lam. in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 444 (1793)
  • Pongatium spongiosum Blanco in Fl. Filip.: 86 (1837)
  • Pongatium zeylanicum Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 381 (1891)
  • Rapinia herbacea Lour. in Fl. Cochinch.: 127 (1790)
  • Sphenoclea pongatium A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 7: 548 (1839)

References

• De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum. . . . 1:113, t. 24, fig. 5. 1788
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sphenoclea zeylanica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Chickenspike (USA)

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