Bolax gummifera

Bolax gummifera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Apiales

Familia: Apiaceae
Subfamilia: Azorelloideae
Genus: Bolax
Species: Bolax gummifera

Name

Bolax gummifera (Lam.) Spreng., Sp. Umbell.: 10 (1818).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Hydrocotyle gummifera Lam., Encycl. 3: 155 (1789).
• Homotypic
  • Caucalis gummifera (Lam.) Lag., Elench. Pl.: 3 (1816).
• Heterotypic
  • Bolax columnifera Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 59: 710 (1912 publ. 1913).
    • Azorella columnifer (Gand.) M.Hiroe, Umbell. World: 212 (1979).
  • Bolax glebaria Comm. ex Gaudich., Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 104 (1825).
    • Azorella glebaria (Comm. ex Gaudich.) A.Gray, U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1: 701 (1854).
  • Azorella caespitosa Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 48 (1794).
  • Bolax complicata Spreng., Sp. Umbell.: 9 (1818).
    • Chamitis complicata Banks & Sol. ex Hook.f., Fl. Antarct. 2: 285 (1846).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina South (Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego), Chile South (Magallanes). Continental: Antarctic Regional: Subantarctic Islands Falkland Islands. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Sprengel, C.P.J. 1818. Species Umbelliferarum minus cognitae. X + 154 pp., 7 pl. Renger, Halle (Saale). Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Bolax gummifera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 16. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Bolax gummifera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 16. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Bolax gummifera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Mar 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Bolax gummifera. Published online. Accessed: 16 Mar 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Bolax gummifera. Accessed: 16 Mar 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Bolax gummifera. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 16. Reference page. 
• http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Bolax/gummifera

Vernacular names

English: Balsam Bog
español: Chareta

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