Iresine schaffneri

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: Iresine
Species: Iresine schaffneri

Name

Iresine schaffneri S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 437. (1886)

• Lectotype (designated by Borsch et al. 2018: 970.): Mexico, Chihuahua, Hacienda San Miguel, near Batopilas. 1885-08, E. Palmer #12. Lectotype: GH GH00898463; Isolectotypes: BM BM000755852, MEXU MEXU00012733, NY NY00324537, NY01259988, PH PH00016083, US US00102848, US00731004, VT UVMVT024390.

• named for Johann Wilhelm Schaffner, who collected one of the syntypes.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Iresine nitens Standl., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 95. (1916)
    • Type: Mexico, Puebla, Tehuacán. 1911-09, C.A. Purpus #5667. Holotype: US00102837; Isotypes: BM000755862, F:299238, GH00898461, M0241856, NY01259984.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Watson, S. 1886. Contributions to American Botany. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 21(2): 414–468. BHL Reference page. : 437
• Standley, P.C. 1916. Studies of tropical American phanerogams—No. 2. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 18: 87–142. BHL JSTOR Reference page. : 95

Additional references

• Borsch, T., Flores‐Olvera, H., Zumaya, S. & Müller, K. 2018. Pollen characters and DNA sequence data converge on a monophyletic genus Iresine (Amaranthaceae, Caryophyllales) and help to elucidate its species diversity. Taxon 67(5): 944–976. DOI: 10.12705/675.7 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Iresine schaffneri in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 06. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Iresine schaffneri. 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. 06. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Iresine schaffneri. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 06 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Iresine schaffneri. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Oct. 2019.