Sericostachys scandens

Sericostachys scandens (fig. P-Q only)

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: Sericostachys
Species: Sericostachys scandens

Name

Sericostachys scandens Gilg & Lopr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 51. (1899)

• Syntypes: Kamerun: Yaúnde, Bongolloberg, Zenker n. 1420. Buea, Lehmbach n. 140.
• Lectotype: Cameroon: Yaúnde, 1897 G. Zenker #1420. Isolectotypes: GOET005663, L.1691315, M0107369, M0107369, P00466163, P00466164, S07-12218, S07-12218, WAG0000066.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019, but accepted by Govaerts 2019)
  • Sericostachys tomentosa Lopr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 51. (1899)
    • Type: Uganda: Runssoro, 1893, G.J. Scott Elliot no. 7657. Holotype: K000243692.
  • Sericostachys scandens var. tomentosa (Gilg & Lopr.) Cavaco, Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris Sér. B. 13: 62. (1962)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West Tropical Africa Ivory Coast, Nigeria West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Is.: Bioko Isl. (Fernando Po), D.R.Congo (Zaire) Northeast Tropical Africa South Sudan, Ethiopia East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Lopriore, G. 1899. Amarantaceae africanae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 27: 37–64. BHL Reference page. : 51.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Sericostachys scandens. 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. 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Sericostachys scandens. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 15 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Sericostachys scandens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 15. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Sericostachys scandens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Jul. 2019.

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