Plumbago caerulea

Taxonavigation

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

Plumbago caerulea Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 220 (1818).

Heterotypic
- Plumbago glandulosa Willd. ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 711 (1819).
- Plumbago humboldtiana Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 711 (1819).
- Plumbago rhomboidea Hook., Bot. Mag. 56: t. 2917 (1829).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Galápagos, Peru. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile North. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S. 1817–1818 ["1817"]. Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt. Tomus 2 (quarto ed.). 406 pp., tt. 97–192. Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page.

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