Sclerolaena

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Chenopodiaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Camphorosmoideae
Tribus: Camphorosmeae
Genus: Sclerolaena

Species: S. alata – S. anisacanthoides – S. articulata – S. bicornis – S. bicuspis – S. birchii – S. blackiana – S. blakei – S. brachyptera – S. brevifolia – S. burbidgeae – S. calcarata – S. clelandii – S. constricta – S. convexula – S. cornishiana – S. costata – S. crenata – S. cuneata – S. decurrens – S. densiflora – S. deserticola – S. diacantha – S. divaricata – S. drummondii – S. eriacantha – S. eurotioides – S. everistiana – S. fimbriolata – S. fontinalis – S. forrestiana – S. fusiformis – S. glabra – S. holtiana – S. hostilis – S. intricata – S. johnsonii – S. lanicuspis – S. limbata – S. longicuspis – S. medicaginoides – S. microcarpa – S. minuta – S. muelleri – S. muricata – S. napiformis – S. obliquicuspis – S. parallelicuspis – S. parviflora – S. patenticuspis – S. ramulosa – S. recurvicuspis – S. stelligera – S. stylosa – S. symoniana – S. tatei – S. tetracuspis – S. tetragona – S. tricuspis – S. tridens – S. tubata – S. uniflora – S. urceolata – S. ventricosa – S. walkeri

Unresolved names, considered as probable hybrids in Flora of Australia (1984): S. aellenii – S. caput-casuarii – S. clavata – S. copleyi – S. cristata – S. georgei – S. globosa – S. lanata – S. murrayae – S. nitida – S. oppositicuspis – S. ramsayae – S. scrymgeouriae

Names in synonymy: S. albolanata – S. andersonii – S. astrocarpa – S. beaugleholei – S. biflora – S. blackei – S. coriacea – S. cucullata – S. eichleri – S. filiformis – S. gardneri – S. obconica – S. paradoxa – S. spinosa – S. wilsonii

for Anisacantha: A. anisacanthoides – A. bicornis – A. bicuspis – A. birchii – A. brevicuspis – A. diacantha – A. divaricata – A. drummondii – A. echinopsila – A. erinacea – A. glabra – A. gracilicuspis – A. hispida – A. incana – A. kentropsidea – A. lanata – A. lanicuspis – A. muricata – A. quinquecuspis – A. tricuspis

for Austrobassia: A. brachyptera – A. convexula – A. costata – A. decurrens – A. intricata – A. longicuspis – A. luehmannii – A. parallelicuspis – A. parviflora – A. sclerolaenoides – A. stelligera – A. tatei – A. ventricosa

for Cyrilwhitea: C. walkeri

for Coilocarpus: C. brevicuspis

for Kentropsis: K. brevicuspis – K. diacantha – K. eriacantha – K. glabra – K. lanata

for Sclerobassia: S. litoralis

for Sclerochlamys: S. brachyptera

for Stelligera: S. endecaspinis

Name

Sclerolaena R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 410. (1810)

Type: Sclerolaena uniflora R.Br. (Lectotype designated by Ulbrich, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2. 16c: 533. 1934).

According to Cabrera et al., the genus Sclerolaena is polyphyletic.
Synonyms

(ref. Australian Plant Name Index)

Anisacantha R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 410. (1810)
Type: Anisacantha divaricata R.Br.
Bassia sect. Anisacantha (R.Br.) Volkens, Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III(1a): 70 (1893)
Sclerolaena sect. Anisacantha (R.Br.) Ulbr., Natürl. Pflanzenfam. 2,16c: 533 (1934)
Sclerolaena subg. Anisacantha (R.Br.) Domin, Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 623 (1921)

Austrobassia Ulbr., Natürl. Pflanzenfam. 2,16c: 532 (1934)
Lectotype: Austrobassia ventricosa (J.M.Black) Ulbr.
Austrobassia Ulbr. sect. Austrobassia (1934)
Austrobassia sect. Orthospermae Ulbr., Natürl. Pflanzenfam. 2,16c: 532 (1934)
Austrobassia sect. Ventricosae Ulbr., Natürl. Pflanzenfam. 2,16c: 532 (1934) (after lectotypification of the genus, now the type section, superfluous).
Type: Austrobassia ventricosa (J.M.Black) Ulbr.

Bassia sect. Platyacantha F.Muell. ex R.H.Anderson, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 48(4): 321 (1923)
Type: Bassia tridens F.Muell.
Bassia sect. Platyacantha F.Muell., Fragm. 12(94): nom. inval. (1882)

Bassia sect. Trachycarpus C.T.White, Proc. R. Soc. Queensl. 55: 77, t. 4 (1944)
Type: Bassia walkeri C.T.White

Cyrilwhitea Ising, Trans. Roy. Soc. South Australia 88: 61, fig. 1 (1964)
Type: Cyrilwhitea walkeri (C.T.White) Ising
named for Cyril Tenison White

Coilocarpus F.Muell. ex Domin, Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 625 (1921) (Coelocarpus orth. var.)
Type: Coilocarpus brevicuspis (F.Muell.) Domin

Kentropsis Moq., Chenop. Monogr. Enum.: 83 (1840) (Centropsis orth.var.)
Type: Kentropsis lanata Moq.

Sclerobassia Ulbr., Natürl. Pflanzenfam. 2,16c: 539, fig. 201 A-C (1934)
Type: Sclerobassia litoralis (Diels) Ulbr.

Sclerochlamys F.Muell., Trans. Phil. Inst. Vict. 2: 76. (1857)
Type: Sclerochlamys brachyptera F.Muell.

Stelligera A.J.Scott, Feddes Repert. 89(2-3): 114 (1978)
Type: Stelligera endecaspinis A.J.Scott
Austrobassia sect. Stelligerae Ulbr., Natürl. Pflanzenfam. 2,16c: 532. (1934)
Type: Austrobassia stelligera (F.Muell.) Ulbr.
Maireana sect. Asterocarpus F.Muell., Fragm. 1(5): 139 (1859), nom. illeg., nom. inval.
Type: Maireana stelligera F.Muell.
Bassia sect. Asterocarpus (F.Muell.) Ising, Trans. Roy. Soc. South Australia 88: 76 (1964)
Basionym: Maireana sect. Asterocarpus F.Muell. nom. illeg.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Australasia
Australia
WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. pp. i–viii + 145–590, Londini: R.Taylor. BHL Reference page. : 410.
Anderson, R.H. 1923. A revision of the Australian species of the genus Bassia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 48(3): 317–355. BHL Reference page.
Domin, K. 1921. Beiträge zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens, Abteilung 3: Embryophyta siphonogama, pars I: Dicotyledonae. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89). Stuttgart, Schweizerbart. pp. 1–90. (collective pp. 555–643). BHL. Reference page. : 623, 625
Ising, E.H. 1964. Cyrilwhitea, a new Genus in Chenopodiaceae. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 88: 61–62. BHL Reference page. : 61
Ising, E.H. 1964. The species of Bassia All. (Chenopodiaceae) in Australia. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 88: 63–110. BHL Reference page. : 76
Moquin-Tandon, A. 1840. Chenopodearum Monographica Enumeratio. P.-J. Loss, Paris. BHL Reference page. : 83
Mueller, F.v. 1858. Account of some new Australian plants. Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria 2: 62–77. BHL Reference page. : 76
Mueller, F.v. 1858–1859. Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 1. 252 pp. J. Ferres, Melbourne. BHL Reference page.
Mueller, F. 1882. Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 12. 25 pp. J. Ferres, Melbourne. BHL Reference page.
Scott, A.J. 1978. A revision of the Camphorosmoideae (Chenopodiaceae). Feddes Repertorium 89(2–3): 101–119. DOI: 10.1002/fedr.19780890202 Reference page. : 114
Ulbrich, O.E. 1934. Chenopodiaceae, in: Engler, A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (eds.): Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, ed.2. 16c, Engelmann, Leipzig: 379–584. Reference page. : 532–533
Volkens, G. 1893. Chenopodiaceae. pp. 36–91. In: Engler, A. & Prantl, K. (eds.), Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, III Teil, Abteilung 1a. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. BHL Reference page. : 70
White, C.T. 1944. Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 8. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 55: 59–83. BHL Reference page. : 77

Additional references

Cabrera, J., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Kadereit, G. 2009. Phylogeny of the Australian Camphorosmeae (Chenopodiaceae) and the taxonomic significance of the fruiting perianth. In: International Journal of Plant Sciences 170(4): 505–521. DOI: 10.1086/597267 Reference page.

Links

APNI - Australian Plant Name Index. 2018. Sclerolaena. Accessed: 2018 July 9.
Hassler, M. 2018. Sclerolaena. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 July 9. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Sclerolaena. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 16 2016.
The Plant List 2013. Sclerolaena in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Feb. 16.
Tropicos.org 2016. Sclerolaena. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 16 Feb. 2016.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Sclerolaena. .

Sclerolaena is a genus of annuals or short-lived perennials in the family Chenopodiaceae (sensu stricto), which are included in Amaranthaceae (sensu lato) according to the APG classification.

Species include:[1]

Sclerolaena alata Paul G. Wilson
Sclerolaena anisacanthoides Domin
Sclerolaena bicornis Lindl.
Sclerolaena birchii (F. Muell.) Domin
Sclerolaena blakei (Ising) A.J. Scott
Sclerolaena cuneata Paul G. Wilson
Sclerolaena eriacantha (F. Muell.) Ulbr.
Sclerolaena eurotioides (F. Muell.) A.J. Scott
Sclerolaena fimbriolata (F. Muell.) A.J. Scott
Sclerolaena forrestiana (F. Muell.) Domin
Sclerolaena fusiformis Paul G. Wilson
Sclerolaena medicaginoides Paul G. Wilson
Sclerolaena muricata (Moq.) Domin
Sclerolaena napiformis Paul G. Wilson
Sclerolaena × ramsayae (J.H.Willis) A.J.Scott
Sclerolaena tetragona Paul G. Wilson
Sclerolaena tridens (F. Muell.) Domin
Sclerolaena uniflora R. Br.

References

"The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 30 March 2014.

External links

"Sclerolaena ". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
"Sclerolaena ". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. Edit this at Wikidata