Polycnemum majus

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: Polycnemoideae
Tribus: Polycnemeae
Genus: Polycnemum
Species: Polycnemum majus

Name

Polycnemum majus A.Braun ex Bogenh., Flora 24(10): 151–152. (1841)

Type locality: Germany, Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate), Martinstein an d. Nahe.
Lectotype: (designated by Freitag & Iamonico 2015): 1838-09, Bogenhardt #s.n. JE JE00021893.

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Polycnemum arvense L. var. maximum Bogenh., Flora 23: 166 (not 164!). (1840)
- Polycnemum arvense subsp. majus (A.Braun ex Bogenh.) Briq., Prodr. Fl. Corse 1: 453. (1910)
Heterotypic
- Polycnemum majus var. mediterraneum Beck
- Polycnemum majus subsp. mediterraneum (Beck) E.Wulff, Fl. Kryma 2(1): 87. (1947)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe
- Middle Europe
  - Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland
- Southwestern Europe
  - France, Spain
- Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia
- Eastern Europe
  - Krym, Central European Russia, South European Russia, Ukraine
Asia-Temperate
- Western Asia
  - Turkey
- Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan

Introduced into Belgium, Poland, and Northern America.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Bogenhard, C. 1841. Beitrage zur Characteristik der Flora des Nahethales. Flora 24: 145–152. BHL Reference page. : 151
Bogenhard, C. 1840. Botanische Skizze zur Charakteristik des Nahethales von Oberstein bis Bingen (last part). Flora 23: 161−170. BHL Reference page. : 166

Additional references

Freitag, H. & Iamonico, D. 2015. Lectotypification of the name Polycnemum majus (Amaranthaceae s.str.). Phytotaxa 202: 235–236. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.202.3.11 Reference page.
Pertti Uotila (2011): Chenopodiaceae (pro parte majore). Polycnemum majus – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Polycnemum majus. 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. 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Polycnemum majus. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 21 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Polycnemum majus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Nov. 21. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Polycnemum majus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Nov. 2019.

Vernacular names

čeština: Chruplavník větší
Deutsch: Großes Knorpelkraut
français: Grand polycnémum
hornjoserbsce: Wulka chrympawa
svenska: Stor broskört

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