Gomphrena nitida

Taxonavigation

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

Gomphrena nitida Rothr., Rep. U.S. Geogr. Surv., Wheeler 6(Botany): 233. (1878)

Type locality: USA: Arizona; Chiricahua Mountains, on rocky knolls.
Holotype: 1874, Rothrock, J.T. #520. Holotype : ?; Isotypes: F0047608F, GH 00037067^(JSTOR), US00102795-63405^(JSTOR), YU.068883^(JSTOR).

Homotypic
- Xeraea nitida (Rothr.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545. (1891)
Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019)
- Gomphrena decumbens var. grandifolia Stuchlík, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 157. (1912)
- Gomphrena globosa var. albiflora Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 409. (1849)

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Rothrock, J.T. 1878 (publ. 1879). Reports upon the botanical collections made in portions of Nevada, Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, during the years 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, and 1875. In: Report upon United States Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian, in Charge of First Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler ... Vol. 6, Botany. BHL Reference page.
Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page.
Stuchlík, J. 1912. Zur Synonymik der Gattung Gomphrena. I. II. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 11: 36–41 BHL, 151–162. BHL Reference page.
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.

eFloras 2008. Gomphrena nitida in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Gomphrena nitida in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Nov. 6. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Gomphrena nitida. 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 Nov. 6. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Gomphrena nitida. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 6 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Gomphrena nitida. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Nov. 2019.

English: Pearly globe-amaranth