Xerosiphon aphyllus

Xerosiphon aphyllus

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: Xerosiphon
Species: Xerosiphon aphyllus

Name

Xerosiphon aphyllus (Pohl ex Moq.) Pedersen, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia ser. 4, 12(1): 95. (1990)

• Accepted by Govaerts 2019. Considered as a synonym of Gomphrena aphylla by Hassler 2019.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Gomphrena aphylla Pohl ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 416. (1849)
    • Type locality:: Brazil; Brasilia in via à cavalcante ad trahiras C.G.
    • Holotype: Pohl J.E. #s.n. P P00622648; Isotypes: P00622649, MO M0241694.
• Homotypic
  • Xeraea aphylla Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545. (1891)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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. : 95
• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. : 545
• 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. : 416

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Xerosiphon aphyllus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 15. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Xerosiphon aphyllus. 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. 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Xerosiphon aphyllus. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 15 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Xerosiphon aphyllus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Sept. 2019.

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