Gomphrena sonorae

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: Gomphrena
Species: Gomphrena sonorae

Name

Gomphrena sonorae Torr., in Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound., Bot. [Emory] 2(1): 181. (1859)

• Type locality: Mexico. Sonora. Near Santa Cruz.
• Lectotype: 1851-09, Wright, C. #1749. NY NY00990652. Isolectotypes: GH GH00263864, GH00263865, GH00037069, K K000583070, PH PH00012662, US US00102803.
• Syntype: Mexico. 1851-09, G. Thurber #973. Isosyntypes: GH00263866, NY00990653.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Xeraea sonorae (Torr.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545. (1891)
• Heterotypic
  • Gomphrena sonorae var. watsonii Stuchlík, Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2. 30(2): 405. (1913)
  • Gomphrena decipiens S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 437. (1886), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Gomphrena decipiens Seub. 1875).
    • Type locality: Mexico. Hacienda San Miguel near Batopilas, South-Western Chihuahua.
    • Holotype: 1885-08, Palmer, E. #27. GH00263867; Isotypes: K000583067, K000583068, PH00012669, US00931475.

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Torrey, J. 1859. Botany of the Boundary. In: Emory, W.H. Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. Vol. 2(1): 27–270, pl. 1–61. BHL Reference page. : 181
• 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. : 545
• Stuchlík, J. 1913. Über einige neue Formen von Gomphrena. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt. Zweite Abteilung. 30(2): 392–411. BHL Reference page. : 405
• Watson, S. 1886. Contributions to American Botany. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 21(2): 414–468. BHL Reference page. : 437

Additional references

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

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Gomphrena sonorae in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Nov. 12. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Gomphrena sonorae. 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. 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Gomphrena sonorae. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 12 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Gomphrena sonorae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Nov. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Gomphrena sonorae in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Sonoran globe-amaranth