Amaranthaceae

Gomphrena L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 224 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical America, Azores, Cape Verde to Angola, Central Malesia to Australia.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Aruba, Azores, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cabinda, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Maluku, Maryland, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nansei-shoto, Netherlands Antilles, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Australia, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Taiwan, Texas, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Zaïre

Introduced into:

Alabama, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cook Is., Djibouti, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Free State, Gilbert Is., Hainan, Hawaii, India, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Madeira, Malawi, Malaya, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, Nicobar Is., Niger, Niue, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Society Is., Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Carolina, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 6, 1: 75.

Flora of Iraq

  • L. Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 105 (1754)
  • L. Sp. Pl.: 224 (1753)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Sp. Pl. 1: 224 (1753)
  • in Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 105 (1754).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 105 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 224 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 2009 Harley, R.M., et al. [54741] Brazil K000324910 Yes
Jan 1, 2009 Mendoza, M. [1449] Bolivia K000324928 No
Jan 1, 2009 Wood, J.R.I. [22335] Bolivia K000324775 No
Jan 1, 2009 Mendoza, M. [1413] Bolivia K000324797 No
Jan 1, 2009 Ortuño, T. [353] Brazil K000324796 No
Jan 1, 2009 Passos, L. [386] Brazil K000324790 Yes
Jan 1, 2009 Wood, J.R.I. [22022] Bolivia K000324801 No
Jan 1, 2009 Wood, J.R.I. [22412] Bolivia K000324773 No
Jan 1, 2009 Mendoza, M. [1536] Bolivia K000324804 No
Jan 1, 2009 Wood, J.R.I. [19238] Bolivia K000324802 No
Jan 1, 2009 Wood, J.R.I. [19054] Bolivia K000324798 No
Jan 1, 2009 Mendoza, M. [1502] Bolivia K000324799 No
Jan 1, 2009 Mendoza, M. [1489] Bolivia K000324803 No
Jan 1, 2009 Wood, J.R.I. [22320] Bolivia K000324800 No
Jan 1, 2009 Wood, J.R.I. [21808] Bolivia K000324806 No
Jan 1, 2009 Mendoza, M. [767] Bolivia K000324770 No
Jan 1, 2009 Wood, J.R.I. [21397] Bolivia K000324774 No
Jan 1, 2009 Wood, J.R.I. [19511] Bolivia K000324771 No
Jan 1, 2008 Florence; Sykes [11203] French Polynesia K000512141 No
Jan 1, 1988 Riedel [934] Brazil K000583094 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pohl [1877] Brazil K000583087 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rodal, M.J.N. [626] Brazil K001209326 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M.; Watanabe, M.; Pereira, J. [58283] Brazil K001577375 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M.; Watanabe, M.; Pereira, J. [58314] Brazil K001577352 Yes
Sakuragui, C.M. [s.n.] Brazil K001209312 Yes
Giulietti, A.M. [s.n.] Brazil K001209314 Yes
Harley, R.M. [54528] Brazil K001209318 Yes
Inácio, E. [13] Brazil K001209329 Yes
Giulietti, A.M. [2426] Brazil K001209319 Yes
Gomes, A.P.S. [8] Brazil K001209327 Yes
Burchell [7192] Brazil K000583090 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burchell [7551] Brazil K000583091 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brown, R. [3061] Australia K000357406 Type Yes
Sakuragui, C.M. [CFCR/13885] Brazil K001207798 Yes
Harley, R.M. [54842] Brazil K001209317 Yes
s.coll. [581] Brazil K000583083 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pimentel, D.S. [14] Brazil K001209322 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [6688] Brazil K001209315 Yes
Rodal, M.J.N. [658] Brazil K001209324 Yes
Figueiredo, L. [255] Brazil K001209321 Yes
Tschá, M.C. [258] Brazil K001209323 Yes
Giulietti, A.M. [2216] Brazil K001209320 Yes
Gardner [3963] Brazil K000583084 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia K000357408 Type Yes
Inácio, E. [125] Brazil K001209325 Yes
Tschá, M.C. [113] Brazil K001209328 Yes
Esteves, G.L.; Stannard, B.; Harley, R.M.; Longhi-Wagner, H.; Arrais, M.G. [CFCR 6054] Brazil K001207794 Yes
Pohl. [1857] Brazil K000583082 Type Yes
Harley, R.M. [20897] Brazil K001209313 Yes
Burchell [5998] Brazil K000583089 Unknown Type Material Yes
Reidel [2229] Brazil K000583081 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ganev, W. [3126] Brazil K001207795 Yes
Froggatt, W.W. [13] Australia K000357337 Yes
Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia K000357407 Isotype Yes
Ratter, J.A. [6688] Brazil K001209316 Yes
Burchell [6022-2] Brazil K000583088 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; Malavasi, A.; Viscarra, J. [1237] Bolivia K000295259 No
Mueller, F. [s.n.] Australia K000357331 Type Yes
Felix, L.P. [4992] Brazil Blutaparon K001209017 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [5138] Ghana Philoxerus K:SPC-21936.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7415] Bragantia K001127314 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7415] Bragantia K001127313 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0