Pfaffia velutina

Pfaffia velutina

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: Pfaffia
Species: Pfaffia velutina

Name

Pfaffia velutina Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 23, t. 124. (1826)

• Type locality: Brazil: Provinc. Minas geraës: "in campis subalpestribus ...prope villam St. Joao del Rey", alt. 2600 ft.
• Type: Brazil: Provinc. Minas geraës. Martius, C.F.P. von #s.n. Holotype: M M0241581

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Gomphrena velutina (Mart.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 389. (1849)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Brazil Brazil Southeast (Minas Gerais) 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. : 23, t. 124
• 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. : 389

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Pfaffia velutina in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 19. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Pfaffia velutina. 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. 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Pfaffia velutina. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 19 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Pfaffia velutina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Sept. 2019.

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