Characteristics
Dicots
Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn.
CHICKENSPIKE
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Not Native FACW (NWPL) FACW (DEP)
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Classification
SOLANALES
Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn. - CHICKENSPIKE
Citation
SPHENOCLEA ZEYLANICA Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 113, pl. 24. 1788.
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Species Distribution Map

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Synonyms
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Type
Gaertnera pangati
Gaertnera pangati Retzius, Observ. Bot. 6: 24. 1791.
 
TYPE: INDIA: Kerala: Malabar, without data (holotype: Rheede, Hort. Malab. 11: t. 24. 1692).
Pongatium indicum
Pongatium indicum Lamarck, Tabl. Encycl. 1: 444. 1793, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertner 1788.
 
Pongatium zeylanicum
Pongatium zeylanicum (Gaertner) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 381. 1891.
BASIONYM: Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertner 1788.
 
Rapinia herbacea
Rapinia herbacea Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 127. 1790.
 
 
Sphenoclea pongatium
Sphenoclea pongatium Alph. de Candolle, in de Candolle, Prodr. 7: 548. 1839, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertner 1788.
 
Specimens and Distribution

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