Froelichia

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: Gomphrenoideae
Genus: Froelichia
Species: F. arizonica – F. chacoensis – F. drummondii – F. floridana – F. gracilis – F. humboldtiana – F. interrupta – F. juncea – F. latifolia – F. nudicaulis – F. paraguayensis – F. procera – F. sericea – F. texana – F. tomentosa – F. xanti
Name

Froelichia Moench, Methodus (Moench) 50. 1794.

Type: Froelichia lanata Moench. (= Froelichia interrupta)

Synonyms

Aplotheca Mart. ex Cham., Linnaea 5(1): 91. (1830), nom. nud.
Type: Aplotheca interrupta Mart. ex Cham.
Hoplotheca Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(2, Cur. Post.): 52. (1827)
orth. var. of Oplotheca Nutt.
Lophocarpus Link, Diss. Bot. (Link) 52. (1795)
Type: Lophocarpus procumbens Link
Oplotheca Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall]. 2: 78. (1818)
comprised Oplotheca floridana Nutt. and Oplotheca interrupta (L.) Nutt.

References
Primary references

Moench, C. 1794. Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis. 780 pp., Marburgi Cattorum: Nova Libraria Academiae. BHL Reference page. : 50.
Schlechtendal, D. de & Chamisso, A. de 1830. Plantarum Mexicanarum a cel. viris Schiede et Deppe collectarum recensio brevis. Linnaea 5: 72–174, 206–236. BHL BHL Reference page. : 91
Sprengel, C. 1827. Systema Vegetabilium, editio decima sexta. Voluminis IV. Pars II. Curae Posteriores. Gottingae [Göttingen]: Librariae Dieterichianae. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 52
Link, H.F. 1795. Dissertationes Botanicae, quibus accedunt primitiae horti botanici et florae Rostochiensis. Suerin [Schwerin]: G. Baerensprung. Gallica Reference page. : 52
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. : 78

Links

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

Froelichia, or snakecotton, is a genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae.

Species include:[1]

Froelichia arizonica
Froelichia chacoensis
Froelichia drummondii
Froelichia floridana
Froelichia gracilis
Froelichia humboldtiana
Froelichia interrupta
Froelichia juncea B.L. Rob. & Greenm.
Froelichia nudicaulis Hook.f.
Froelichia paraguayensis
Froelichia procera
Froelichia sericea
Froelichia texana
Froelichia tomentosa
Froelichia xanti

References

"Catalogue of Life - 2020-04-16: Beta". Catalogue of Life: 2020-04-16 Beta, retrieved 17 June 2020.

Everitt, J.H.; Lonard, R.L.; Little, C.R. (2007). Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 0-89672-614-2