Pfaffia sericantha

Pfaffia sericantha

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 sericantha

Name

Pfaffia sericantha (Mart.) Pedersen, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia ser. 4, 12(1): 90. (1990)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Gomphrena sericantha Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 8, t. 108. (1826)
    • Type locality: Brazil: "campis aridiusculis deserti Proviciae Minas Geraes, ad montium tractum Serra de S. Antonio." alt. 2100 ft.
    • Isotype: Brazil: In Brasilia Mediâ. Martius, C.F.P. von #s.n. P P00623730.
    • Syntype: Brazil: Habitat in campis deserti aridiusculis. Provinciae Minas Gerais. retro fl. S. Franc. ressus Paranán. Martius, C.F.P. von #s.n. M M0137180.

• Homotypic
  • Xeraea sericantha (Mart.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545. (1891)
• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019)
  • Gomphrena cinerea Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 390. (1849)
  • Pfaffia cinerea (Moq.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 544. (1891)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Brazil Brazil Northeast (Bahia), Brazil Southeast (Minas Gerais), Brazil West-Central (Goias, Distrito Federal) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pedersen, T.M. 1990. Studies in South American Amaranthaceae III. (including one amphi-Atlantic species). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section B, Adansonia: Botanique Phytochemie 12(1): 69–97. BHL Reference page. : 90
• 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. : 8, t. 108
• 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. : 544, 545
• 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. : 390

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Pfaffia sericantha 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 sericantha. 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 sericantha. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 19 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Pfaffia sericantha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Sept. 2019.

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