Gomphrena

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: Gomphrena

Species (129): G. affinis – G. agrestis – G. angustiflora – G. aphylla – G. arborescens – G. arida – G. atrorubra – G. axillaris – G. basilanata – G. bicolor – G. boliviana – G. brachystylis – G. breviflora – G. caespitosa – G. canescens – G. cardenasii – G. celosioides – G. centrota – G. chrestoides – G. cladotrichoides – G. claussenii – G. colosacana – G. conferta – G. conica – G. connata – G. cucullata – G. cunninghamii – G. debilis – G. decipiens – G. demissa – G. desertorum – G. diffusa – G. discolor – G. duriuscula – G. eichleri – G. elegans – G. equisetiformis – G. eriophylla – G. ferruginea – G. filaginoides – G. flaccida – G. floribunda – G. fuscipellita – G. gardneri – G. globosa – G. graminea – G. grazielae – G. guaranitica – G. haageana – G. haenkeana – G. hatschbachiana – G. hermogenesii – G. hillii – G. holosericea – G. humifusa – G. humilis – G. incana – G. involucrata – G. kanisii – G. lacinulata – G. lanata – G. lanigera – G. leontopodioides – G. leptoclada – G. leptophylla – G. leucocephala – G. longistyla – G. macrocephala – G. magentitepala – G. mandonii – G. marginata – G. martiana – G. matogrossensis – G. mendocina – G. meyeniana – G. microcephala – G. mizqueensis – G. mollis – G. moquinii – G. nealleyi – G. nigricans – G. nitida – G. occulta – G. oligocephala – G. oroyana – G. pallida – G. paraguayensis – G. paranensis – G. parviceps – G. parviflora – G. perennis – G. phaeotricha – G. pilosa – G. platandra – G. platycephala – G. pohlii – G. potosiana – G. pringlei – G. prostrata – G. pulchella – G. pulvinata – G. pumila – G. pusilla – G. radiata – G. regeliana – G. riedelii – G. riparia – G. rosula – G. rudis – G. rupestris – G. scapigera – G. schlechtendaliana – G. sellowiana – G. serrata – G. serturneroides – G. sonorae – G. sordida – G. spissa – G. splendida – G. stellata – G. tenella – G. tomentosa – G. triceps – G. trollii – G. umbellata – G. uruguayensis – G. vaga – G. virgata – G. vitellina
Name

Gomphrena L. Sp. Pl. 1: 224. (1753)

Lectotype (designated by Standley, N. Amer. Fl. 21: 147, 1917.): Gomphrena globosa L.

Synonyms

Amaranthoides Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. [unpaged] (1754)
Bragantia Vand., Fasc. Pl. Nov. 6. (1771)
Type not designated.
Chlamyphorus Klatt, Leopoldina 25: 106. (1889)
Chnoanthus Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 21: 405. (1862)
comprises Chnoanthus mendocinus Phil. and Chnoanthus ovatus Phil.
Coluppa Adans., Fam. Pl. (Adanson) 2: 268. (1763)
Ninanga Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 76. (1837)
Type: Ninanga bicolor Raf.
Schultesia Schrad., Gött. Gel. Anz. 1821(2): 708. (1821) (homonym of Schultesia Mart. 1826, nom. cons.)
Type: Schultesia capitata Schrad.
Sedinha Mure, Doctrine Ecole Rio de Janeiro Pathog. Brésil. 272, fig. (1849)
Wadapus Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 77. (1837), nom. inval. (no description)
Intended type: Gomphrena arborescens
Xeraea Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545. (1891), nom. illeg. superfl., based on a pre-1753 Linnaean name for Gomphrena

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 224. Reference page.
Standley, P.C. 1917. Amaranthaceae. pp. 95–169. In: North American Flora. Vol. 21, Part 2. The New York Botanical Garden. BHL Reference page. : 147
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
Philippi, R.A. 1862. Botánica. Sertum mendocinum. Catálogo de las plantas recojidas en Mendoza i en el camino entre ésta provincia i Chile por el portezuelo del Portillo, por don Wenceslao Diaz en los años 1860 i 1861. Anales de la Universidad de Chile 21: 389–407. BHL Reference page. : 405
Rafinesque-Schmaltz, C.S. 1837 ["1836"]. Flora Telluriana. Pars Tertia. 100 pp. Philadelphia, H. Probasco. BHL Reference page. ; 76, 77

Additional references

Bena, M.J. 2017. Typification and nomenclatural notes on twenty-seven names of Gomphrena L. (Amaranthaceae) linked to the South American Flora. Phytotaxa 296(2): 131–146. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.296.2.3 Paywall. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Gomphrena 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. 15. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Gomphrena. 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. 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Gomphrena. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 15 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Gomphrena. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 15.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Kugelamarant
English: Globe Amaranth
suomi: Pallohännät

Gomphrena[1][2] is a genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae. They are known as the globe amaranths.

Species include:

Gomphrena agrestis
Gomphrena canescens
Gomphrena celosioides
Gomphrena globosa—Globe amaranth
Gomphrena haageana—Strawberry globe amaranth
Gomphrena perennis
Gomphrena pohlii
Gomphrena prostrata
Gomphrena pulchella
Gomphrena serrata
Gomphrena sonorae

References

"Gomphrena". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Gomphrena at USDA PLANTS Database