Tidestromia

T. lanuginosa

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: Gomphrenoideae
Genus: Tidestromia

Species: T. carnosa – T. eliassoniana – T. gemmata – T. lanuginosa – T. rhizomatosa – T. suffruticosa – T. tenella – T. valdesiana

Name

Tidestromia Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 6: 70. 1916, nom. nov.

• Type species: Tidestromia lanuginosa (Nutt.) Standl.

Eponymy

• named in honor of Ivar Tidestrøm.

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Cladothrix (Moq.) Nutt. ex Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 3(1): 37. 1880, nom. illeg. (later homonym of Cladothrix F.Cohn, 1875, bacteria)
    • intended type: Achyranthes lanuginosa Nutt.
• Homotypic
  • Alternanthera sect. Cladothrix Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 359. 1849

References

Primary references

• Standley, P.C. 1916. Tidestromia, a new generic name. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 6(3): 69–70. BHL Reference page. : 70
• Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. 1880. Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus servata definita. Vol. 3, pars 1, sistens Dicotyledonum Monochlamydearum ordines XXXVI (Nyctagnieas – Ceratophylleas) et Gymnospermearum ordines III (Gnetaceas – Cycadaceas). A. Black, 459 pp. Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. : 37
• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Amarantaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 231–424. Masson, Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 359

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Tidestromia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 16. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Tidestromia. 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 Sept. 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Tidestromia. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 16 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Tidestromia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Sept. 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Honeysweet

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