Psilotrichum patulum

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

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Psilotrichum
Species: Psilotrichum patulum

Name

Psilotrichum patulum (Willd.) I.M.Turner, Taxon 71(2): 455 (2022).

Synonyms

Basionym
- Celosia patula Willd., Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 4: 198 (1803)
  - Lectotype (designated by I.M.Turner, 2022): [India, Tamil Nadu], Mount, 7 Nov 1799, J.P. Rottler s.n.. (LIV No. LIV1952.121.939(i); probable Isolectotypes: B-W barcode B-W 05012-03 0, LIV Nos. LIV1952.121.939, LIV1952.121.939(ii)).
Heterotypic
- Ptilotus ovatus Moq., A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 281. (1849)
  - Psilotrichum calceolatum Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 725. (1885), nom. superfl. & illeg.
  - Psilotrichum ovatum (Moq.) Hauman in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 18: 11. (1946), nom. illeg.
  - Psilotrichum moquinianum Abeyw., Ceylon J. Sci., Biol. Sci. 2: 83. (1959)
    - Lectotype (designated by Townsend in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Amaranth.: 98. 1985): India, Madras, R. Wight s.n. (K K001129815).
- Psilotrichum elliotii Baker, In: Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6: I. 58. (1909), as 'elliottii'
  - Lectotype (designated by Townsend in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Rev. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 1: 45. 1980): Uganda, east side of Lake Albert Edward, Ruwenzori Expedition 1893–1894, G.F. Scott Elliot 8062. (K K000243683).
- Psilotrichum mildbraedii Gilg ex Schinz, Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 57: 553. (1912)
  - Lectotype (designated by Townsend in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Amaranth.: 98. 1985): Niavarongo, westlich vom Akanjaro-Einfluss, 5 Aug 1907, G.W.J. Mildbraed 681 (B; isolectotype: Z Z-000000322).
- Psilotrichum ovatum Peter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(2, Anh.): 28. (1932)
  - Psilotrichum peterianum Suess., Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München, Heft 4, 131. (1952), nom. superfl. & illeg.
    - Lectotype (designated by Townsend in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Amaranth.: 98. 1985): Tanzania, Mbula District, Bonga-Bereku, 13–14 Aug 1926, A. Peter 44174. (B B 10 0154190).
- Psilotrichum africanum var. pilosum Suess. in Kew Bull. 4: 478. (1950)
  - Holotype: Uganda, Masaka District, Kabula, Sep 1945, J.W. Purseglove 1824. (EA; Isotypes: K, KAW KAW000119).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Rwanda, E-D.R.Congo (Zaire) Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent S-India, Sri Lanka References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Turner, I.M. 2022. From Tranquebar to Madras and back again, again: Typification of the plant names published in Rottler's account of an Indian journey in 1799–1800. Taxon 71(2): 447–458. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12662 Reference page.
Baker, J.G. & Clarke, C.B. 1909. Amarantaceae. pp. 14–75. In: Thiselton-Dyer, W.T. (ed.): Flora of Tropical Africa 6(1). London. BHL Reference page.
Schinz, H. 1912. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der afrikanischen Flora. (XXV). Mit Beiträgen von Eduard Hackel, Albert Thellung, Hans Schinz. Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 57: 531–562. BHL Reference page.
Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Amarantaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 231–424. Masson, Paris. BHL. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Psilotrichum patulum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Nov. 28. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Psilotrichum patulum. Published online. Accessed: 28. Nov. 2025. Reference page.