Ullucus tuberosus

Ullucus tuberosus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Basellaceae
Genus: Ullucus
Species: Ullucus tuberosus

Name

Ullucus tuberosus Caldas

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Basella tuberosa Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 189 (1817).
  • Melloca tuberosa (Kunth) Lindl., Gard. Chron. 1847: 685 (1847).
  • Melloca peruviana Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 225 (1849).
  • Ullucus kunthii Moq., Biblioth. Universelle Genève 11: 80 (1849).
  • Ullucus tuberosus f. albiflorus Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 267 (1898).
  • Ullucus tuberosus f. rubriflorus Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 267 (1898).
  • Ullucus aborigineus Brücher, Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 80: 379 (1967).
  • Ullucus tuberosus subsp. aborigineus (Brücher) Sperling, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: 1253 (1993).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Peru to Argentina (Jujuy) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Caldas, F.J., 1809. Semanario del Nuevo Reino de Granada 185.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Ullucus tuberosus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 11. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Ullucus tuberosus. 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 Apr. 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Ullucus tuberosus. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 11 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Ullucus tuberosus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 11.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Ullucus tuberosus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Apr. 2019.

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ullucus tuberosus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

suomi: Ulluco

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