Corbichonia

Corbichonia decumbens

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lophiocarpaceae
Genus: Corbichonia
Species: C. decumbens – C. exellii – C. rubriviolacea

Name

Corbichonia Scop. Introd. 264. (1777)

• Type species: Corbichonia decumbens (Forssk.) Exell J. Bot. 73: 80. (1935)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Axonotechium Fenzl in Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 1: 254 (1836)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & S. Africa to India Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, India, Iran, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Scopoli, I.A. 1777. Introductio ad historiam naturalem sistens genera lapidum, plantarum, et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. 540 pp. Apud Wolfgangum Gerle, Pragae [Prague]. BHL Reference page. : 264.

Additional references

• Thulin, M., Moore, A.J., El-Seedi, H., Larsson, A., Christin, P.A. & Edwards, E.J. 2016. Phylogeny and generic delimitation in Molluginaceae, new pigment data in Caryophyllales, and the new family Corbichoniaceae. Taxon 65(4): 775–793. DOI: 10.12705/654.6 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Corbichonia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 6. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2017. Corbichonia. 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. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Apr. 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Corbichonia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 21 2017.
• Tropicos.org 2017. Corbichonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Apr. 2017.

Vernacular names

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