Characteristics
Dicots
Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn.
CHICKENSPIKE
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Not Native
FACW (NWPL)
FACW (DEP)
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Classification
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.
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