Contains 1 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics

Gomphrena L.
GLOBE AMARANTH

Classification

CARYOPHYLLALES
Gomphrena

Citation

GOMPHRENA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 224. 1753.
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TYPE: Gomphrena globosa Linnaeus Lectotypified by Standley, in Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 21: 147. 1917.

Species

Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Gomphrena serrata PROSTRATE GLOBE AMARANTH; ARRASA CON TODO Not Native

Identification Key

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms

Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Amaranthoides Amaranthoides Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 1754. TYPE: = Gomphrena Linnaeus 1753.
Bragantia Bragantia Vandelli, Fasc. Pl. 6. 1771. TYPE: Non designatus.
Coluppa Coluppa Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 268. 1763. TYPE: = Gomphrena Linnaeus 1753.
Ninanga Ninanga Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 3: 76. 1837 ("1836"). TYPE: Ninanga bicolor Rafinesque, nom. illegit. (Gomphrena perennis Linnaeus)
Xeraea Xeraea Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545. 1891. TYPE: = Gomphrena Linnaeus 1753.
Xerosiphon Xerosiphon Turczaninow, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 16: 55. 1843. TYPE: Xerosiphon gracilis Turczaninow