Nelsia quadrangula

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: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Nelsia
Species: Nelsia quadrangula

Name

Nelsia quadrangula (Engl.) Schinz, Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich lvi. 247. (1911)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Sericocoma quadrangula Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 7. (1888)
    • Type:Namibia: Namaland; Usakos; Palgrave's mine. 1886/05, Marloth, H.W.R. #1255. Isotype: PRE PRE0381229-0.
• Homotypic
  • Sericocomopsis quadrangula (Engl.) Lopr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 42. (1899)
  • Cyphocarpa quadrangula (Engl.) C.B.Clarke, Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1.1): 54. (1909).
• Heterotypic (ref Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
  • Sericocoma nelsii Schinz, H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(1a): 107. (1893)
  • Sericocomopsis welwitschii Lopr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 42. (1899)
  • Cyphocarpa welwitschii (Lopr.) C.B.Clarke, Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1.1): 53. (1909).
• (+ ref Hassler 2019)
  • Sericocoma welwitschii Baker, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1897, 278. (1897), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Sericocoma welwitschii Hook.f., Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 3(1): 30. 1880)
    • Type: Distr. Mofsamedes …, 07.1859, Welwitsch, F.M.J. #6501. Type: BM000910354.
  • Nelsia tropidogyna C.C.Towns.., Kew Bull. 34(2): 235 (1979).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa South Tropical Africa SW-Angola Southern Africa Botswana, Namibia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schinz, H. 1911. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der afrikanischen Flora XXIV. (Thellung, A. & Schinz, H.) Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 56: 229–268. BHL Reference page. : 247

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Nelsia quadrangula. 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 Jul. 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Nelsia quadrangula. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 13 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Nelsia quadrangula in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 13. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Nelsia quadrangula. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Jul. 2019.