Centemopsis

Life-forms

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: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Centemopsis

Species: C. biflora – C. conferta – C. fastigiata – C. filiformis – C. glomerata – C. gracilenta – C. graminea – C. kirkii – C. longipedunculata – C. micrantha – C. polygonoides – C. sordida – C. trinervis
Name

Centemopsis Schinz, Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 56: 242. (1911)

Lectotype (designated by Iamonico, D. 2018., Phytotaxa 350(2): 148.): Centemopsis glomerata (Lopr.) Schinz.

References
Primary references

Schinz, H. 1911. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der afrikanischen Flora XXIV. (Thellung, A. & Schinz, H.) Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 56: 229–268. BHL Reference page. : 242
Iamonico, D. 2018. Generic typifications in Amara[n]thaceae s.str. Phytotaxa 350(2): 147–154. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.350.2.3 Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Centemopsis. 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 Jul. 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Centemopsis. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 23 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Centemopsis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 23. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Centemopsis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Jul. 2019.

Centemoposis is a genus of plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae and is found in Africa distributed from Tropical Africa to South Africa.[1]

The genus has 12 accepted species:[2]

Centemopsis biflora (Schinz) Schinz
Centemopsis conferta (Schinz) Suess.
Centemopsis fastigiata (Suess.) C.C.Townsend
Centemopsis filiformis (E.A.Bruce) C.C.Townsend
Centemopsis glomerata (Lopr.) Schinz
Centemopsis gracilenta (Hiern) Schinz
Centemopsis graminea (Suess. & Overk.) C.C.Townsend
Centemopsis kirkii (Hook.fil.) Schinz
Centemopsis longipedunculata (Peter) C.C.Townsend
Centemopsis micrantha Chiov.
Centemopsis sordida C.C.Townsend
Centemopsis trinervis Hauman

Reference

"Centemopsis Schinz". Plants of the World Online Kew Science, retrieved 18 June 2020.
"Catalogue of Life - 2020-04-16 Beta". Catalogue of Life, retrieved 18 June 2020.