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: Volkensinia
Species: V. prostrata
Name
Volkensinia Schinz, Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 57: 535. (1912), in adnot.
Type species: Volkensinia prostrata Schinz
Synonyms
Kentrosphaera Volkens ex Gilg, 1897, nom. illeg. (later homonym of Kentrosphaera ex Borzí, 1883, Chlorophyta)
Type species: Kentrosphaera prostrata Volkens ex Gilg.
Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
South Sudan, S-Ethiopia
East Tropical Africa
Kenya, Tanzania
References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Schinz, H. 1912. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der afrikanischen Flora. (XXV). Mit Beiträgen von E. Hackel, Albert Thellung, Hans Schinz. Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 57: 531–562. BHL Reference page. : 535
Gilg, E.F. 1897. Amarantaceae. pp. 151–154. in Engler, A. & Prantl, K. (eds.), Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien Nachträge II–IV, 1. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. BHL Reference page. : 153.
Links
Hassler, M. 2019. Volkensinia. 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 Feb. 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Volkensinia. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 17 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Volkensinia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Feb. 17. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Volkensinia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Feb. 2019.
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