Chamissoa

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: Chamissoa

Species: C. acuminata – C. altissima – C. maximiliani
Name

Chamissoa Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 196 (ed. qu.); 158 (ed. f.). (1818)

nom. et typ. cons.
Type species: Chamissoa altissima (Jacq.) Kunth.
Eponymy: in honour of Adelbert von Chamisso.

Synonyms

Kokera Adans., Fam. Pl. (Adanson) 2: 269. (1763)
type not designated

References
Primary references

Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S. 1817–1818 ["1817"]. Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt. Tomus 2 (quarto ed.). 406 pp., tt. 97–192. Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 196

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Chamissoa. 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. 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Chamissoa. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 22 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Chamissoa in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 22. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Chamissoa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Jul. 2019.

Chamissoa [1][2] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae of the Caryophyllales order.[3]

The genus was named in honor of 19th century botanist Adelbert von Chamisso, by Carl Sigismund Kunth. Its native to North and South America.

This genus is sometimes included in the family Chenopodiaceae.[4]
Species

Species include:[5]

Chamissoa acuminata
Chamissoa altissima (Jacq.) Kunth - False chaff flower

References

"Chamissoa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Chamissoa. USDA PLANTS.
Sohmer, S. H. A Revision of Chamissoa (Amaranthaceae) Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. 104, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1977), pp. 111-126
Chamissoa Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine at Germplasm Resources Information Network
Chamissoa. The Plant List.