Pfaffia townsendii

Pfaffia townsendii

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 townsendii

Name

Pfaffia townsendii Pedersen, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia ser. 4, 12(1): 92. (1990)

• Type: Brazil: Goias, Chapada dos Veadeiros, 20km W of Veadeiros Goias. 1966-02-11, H.S. Irwin, J.W. Grear jr., R. Souza & R. Reis dos Santos #12611. Holotype: K K000195208; Isotypes: CTES CTES0000344, RB RB00543080, NY NY00341964, US US01050145.

Eponymy

• named in honor of Clifford Charles Townsend.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central 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. : 92

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Pfaffia townsendii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 18. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Pfaffia townsendii. 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. 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Pfaffia townsendii. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 18 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Pfaffia townsendii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Sept. 2019.

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