Heterostachys

Heterostachys olivascens

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: Chenopodiaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Salicornioideae
Tribus: Salicornieae
Genus: Heterostachys

Species: H. olivascens – H. ritteriana

• Names in synonymy: for Spirostachys: S. olivascens – S. ritteriana
  

Name

Heterostachys Ung.-Sternb., Atti Congr. Bot. Firenze 1874: 331, 273. (1876), nom. nov.

• Type species: Heterostachys ritteriana (Moq.) Ung.-Sternb.

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Spirostachys Ung.-Sternb., Vers. Syst. Salicorn. 100. (1866), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Spirostachys Sond. 1850)
    • Type species: Spirostachys ritteriana (Moq.) Ung.-Sternb.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Caribbean Dominican Republic, Haiti Northern South America Venezuela Western South America Colombia Southern South America Argentina, Paraguay References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Ungern-Sternberg, F. 1866. Versuch einer Systematik der Salicornieen. Inaug. Dissertation, Dorpat: Karow. (online) Reference page. : 100.
• Ungern-Sternberg, F. 1876. Salicorniearum Synopsis. Atti del Congresso internazionale botanico tenuto in Firenze nel mese di maggio 1874: 259–343. Hathitrust Reference page. : 267, 268, 331.

Additional references

• Kadereit, G., Mucina, L. & Freitag, H. 2006: Phylogeny of Salicornioideae (Chenopodiaceae): Diversification, Biogeography, and Evolutionary Trends in Leaf and Flower Morphology. Taxon 55(3): 617–642. DOI: 10.2307/25065639.Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Heterostachys. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Heterostachys. Published online. Accessed Jul. 08 2016.
• The Plant List 2013. Heterostachys in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Jul. 08.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Heterostachys. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 08 Jul. 2016.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Heterostachys. .

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