Froelichia interrupta

Froelichia interrupta

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: Froelichia
Species: Froelichia interrupta

Name

Froelichia interrupta (L.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 421. (1849)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Gomphrena interrupta L., Sp. Pl. 1: 224 (1753).
    • Type (ref. IPNI, Tropicos): America. 1729-1733, W. Houstoun #s.n. Holotype: L; Isotype: BM.
    • Type (ref. JSTOR): Royen van #s.n. L0052858
• Homotypic
  • Aplotheca interrupta (L.) Mart. ex Cham., Linnaea 5(1): 91. (1830)
  • Celosia interrupta L. ex Seub., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 5(1): 165. (1875), nom. inval.
  • Ninanga interrupta (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 77. (1837)
  • Oplotheca interrupta (L.) Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall]. 2: 79. (1818)
  • Oplotheca interrupta (L.) Mart., Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 13: 295. (1826)
• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
  • Celosia procumbens Jacq., Misc. Austriac. [Jacquin] 2: 344. (1781)
  • Froelichia alata S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 437. (1886)
  • Froelichia interrupta var. alata (S.Watson) R.A.McCauley, Syst. Bot. 29(1): 66. (2004)
  • Froelichia interrupta var. colimensis R.A.McCauley, Syst. Bot. 29(1): 68 (-71; figs. 2, 4). (2004)
  • Froelichia moritziana Klotzsch ex Seub., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 5(1): 166. (1875)
  • Gomphrena spicata Lam., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 1(1): 120. (1783)
  • Lophocarpus procumbens Link, Diss. Bot. (Link) 52. (1795)
  • Froelichia lanata Moench, Methodus (Moench) 50. (1794), nom. illeg. for Celosia procumbens Jacq.
• (+ ref. Govaerts 2019, but considered as Froelichia tomentosa in Hassler 2019)
  • Froelichia tomentosa (Mart.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 421. (1849)
  • Oplotheca tomentosa Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 48. (1826)
  • Froelichia tomentosa var. angustialata Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 308. (1934)
  • Froelichia tomentosa f. nigra Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 308. (1935)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest Southern America Central America Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica Northern South America Venezuela Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil South, Brazil West-Central Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Paraguay, Uruguay References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 224. Reference page. 
• Martius, C.F.P. von 1826. Beitrag zur Kenntniss der natürlichen Familie der Amarantaceen. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 13: 209–323. BHL Reference page. : 295
• 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. : 421
• Nuttall, T. 1818. The genera of North American plants, and a catalogue of the species, to the year 1817. Volume 2. 245 + 10 pp., D. Heartt, Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. : 79
• Rafinesque, C.S. 1837 ["1836"]. Flora Telluriana. Pars Tertia. 100 pp. Philadelphia, H. Probasco. BHL Reference page. : 77
• Schlechtendal, D. de & Chamisso, A. de 1830. Plantarum Mexicanarum a cel. viris Schiede et Deppe collectarum recensio brevis. Linnaea 5(1): 72–174 BHL, (2): 206–236 BHL, (4): 554–625 BHL.Reference page. : 91
• Seubert, M. 1875. Amarantaceae. Cols. 161–252, tt. 50–75. in Martius, C.F.P. de (ed.), Flora Brasiliensis. Enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum quas suis aliorumque botanicorum studiis descriptas et methodo naturali digestas partim icone illustratas, Vol. V, pars I. Frid. Fleischer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. BHL Reference page. : 165

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Froelichia interrupta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 30. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Froelichia interrupta. 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. 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Froelichia interrupta. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 30 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Froelichia interrupta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Sept. 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Texas snakecotton

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