Gomphrena desertorum

Gomphrena desertorum

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: Gomphrena
Species: Gomphrena desertorum

Varietates: G. d. var. desertorum – G. d. var. mucronata – G. d. var. rodantha

Name

Gomphrena desertorum Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 3, t. 103. (1826), as "edsertorum" (p.3)

• Type locality: Brazil. "In arenosis siccis duris, inter V[ill]a. Jacobina Nova et Joazeiro. Provinciae Bahiensis."
• Holotype (Original material): 1819-04, Martius, C.F.P. von #Obs. 2397. M0241719. Isotype: P00622676.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Xeraea desertorum (Mart.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545. (1891)
• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Gomphrena mucronata Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 413. (1849)
    • Type locality: Brazil. "In Brasilia ad Camp Batataes. (Lund!)"
  • Xeraea mucronata (Moq.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545. (1891)
  • Gomphrena rodantha Moq.,Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 414. (1849)
    • Type locality: Brazil. "In Brasiliae provicia Goyaz. (Gardn.! 3963 et 3965)"
    • Syntypes: 1840-08, Gardner, G. #3963. Type: BM000993140, BM000993141; Isotypes: E00296881, PH00012668.
  • Xeraea rodantha (Moq.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545. (1891), as "rhodantha"

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Southern South America Paraguay References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Martius, C.F.P. de 1826. Nova genera et species plantarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII–MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi suscepto collegit et descripsit Dr. C. F. P. de Martius ..., vol. 2. Pp. 1–148, tt. 101–200. Typis C. Wolf, Monachii [Munich]. BHL Reference page. : 3, t. 103
• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. : 545
• 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. : 413, 414

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Gomphrena desertorum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 29. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Gomphrena desertorum. 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 Oct. 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Gomphrena desertorum. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 29 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Gomphrena desertorum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Oct. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Gomphrena desertorum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 29.

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