- Family:
- Amaranthaceae Juss.
Gomphrena L.

[FZ]
Amaranthaceae, C. C. Townsend. Flora Zambesiaca 9:1. 1988
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or occasionally perennial herbs with entire, opposite leaves.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences terminal or axillary, capitate or spicate, solitary or glomerate, often subtended by a pair of sessile leaves, bracteate with the bracts persistent in fruit, the axis frequently thickened.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers hermaphrodite, each solitary in the axil of a bract, bibracteolate; bracteoles laterally compressed, carinate, often more or less winged or cristate along the dorsal surface of the midrib, deciduous with the fruit.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Tepal
- Tepals 5, erect, free or almost so, more or less lanate dorsally, at least the inner 2 usually more or less indurate at the base in fruit.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 5, monadelphous, the tube shortly 5-dentate with entire to very deeply bilobed teeth.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Style short or long, stigmas 2, suberect or more or less divergent to very short.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary with a single pendulous ovule.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a thin-walled, irregularly rupturing utricle.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seed ovoid, compressed.
[FTEA]
Amaranthaceae, C.C. Townsend. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1985
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or occasionally perennial herbs with entire opposite leaves
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences terminal or axillary, capitate or spicate, solitary or glomerate, often subtended by a pair of sessile leaves, bracteate with the bracts persistent in fruit, the axis frequently thickened
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers hermaphrodite, each solitary in the axil of a bract, bibracteolate; bracteoles (in African species) laterally compressed, carinate, often ± winged or cristate along the dorsal surface of the midrib, deciduous with the fruit
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Tepal
- Tepals 5, erect, free or almost so, ± lanate dorsally, at least the inner 2 usually ± indurate at the base in fruit
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 5, monadelphous, the tube shortly 5-dentate with entire to very deeply bilobed teeth; anthers unilocular
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary with a single pendulous ovule; style short or long; stigmas 2, suberect or ± divergent, filiform to very short
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a thin-walled irregularly rupturing capsule
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seed ovoid, compressed.
Native to:
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile Central, Chile North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Maluku, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Northern Territory, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Queensland, South Australia, Texas, Uruguay, Venezuela, Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is.
Introduced into:
Alabama, Angola, Arkansas, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Congo, Cook Is., Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Free State, Gabon, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, 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, Nigeria, Niue, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Carolina, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Gomphrena affinis F.Muell. ex Benth.
- Gomphrena agrestis Mart.
- Gomphrena anti-lethargica Silveira
- Gomphrena arborescens L.f.
- Gomphrena arida J.Palmer
- Gomphrena atrorubra J.Palmer
- Gomphrena basilanata Suess.
- Gomphrena bicolor Mart.
- Gomphrena boliviana Moq.
- Gomphrena brachystylis F.Muell.
- Gomphrena breviflora F.Muell.
- Gomphrena caespitosa Torr.
- Gomphrena canescens R.Br.
- Gomphrena cardenasii Standl. ex E.Holzh.
- Gomphrena celosioides Mart.
- Gomphrena centrota E.Holzh.
- Gomphrena chrestoides C.C.Towns.
- Gomphrena cladotrichoides Suess.
- Gomphrena claussenii Moq.
- Gomphrena colosacana Hunz. & Subils
- Gomphrena conferta Benth.
- Gomphrena conica (R.Br.) Spreng.
- Gomphrena connata J.Palmer
- Gomphrena cucullata J.Palmer
- Gomphrena cunninghamii (Moq.) Druce
- Gomphrena debilis Mart.
- Gomphrena decipiens Seub.
- Gomphrena demissa Mart.
- Gomphrena desertorum Mart.
- Gomphrena diffusa (R.Br.) Spreng.
- Gomphrena discolor R.E.Fr.
- Gomphrena duriuscula Moq.
- Gomphrena eichleri J.Palmer
- Gomphrena elegans Mart.
- Gomphrena equisetiformis R.E.Fr.
- Gomphrena eriophylla Mart.
- Gomphrena ferruginea Pedersen
- Gomphrena filaginoides M.Martens & Galeotti
- Gomphrena flaccida R.Br.
- Gomphrena floribunda J.Palmer
- Gomphrena fuscipellita T.Ortuño & Borsch
- Gomphrena gardneri Moq.
- Gomphrena globosa L.
- Gomphrena graminea Moq.
- Gomphrena guaranitica Chodat
- Gomphrena haageana Klotzsch
- Gomphrena haenkeana Mart.
- Gomphrena hatschbachiana Pedersen
- Gomphrena hermogenesii J.C.Siqueira
- Gomphrena hillii Suess.
- Gomphrena humifusa J.Palmer
- Gomphrena humilis R.Br.
- Gomphrena incana Mart.
- Gomphrena involucrata Ewart
- Gomphrena kanisii J.Palmer
- Gomphrena lacinulata J.Palmer
- Gomphrena lanata R.Br.
- Gomphrena lanigera Pohl ex Moq.
- Gomphrena leontopodioides Domin
- Gomphrena leptoclada Benth.
- Gomphrena leptophylla (Benth.) J.Palmer
- Gomphrena leucocephala Mart.
- Gomphrena macrocephala A.St.-Hil.
- Gomphrena macrorhiza Mart.
- Gomphrena magentitepala J.Palmer
- Gomphrena mandonii R.E.Fr.
- Gomphrena marginata Seub.
- Gomphrena martiana Gillies ex Moq.
- Gomphrena matogrossensis Suess.
- Gomphrena mendocina (Phil.) R.E.Fr.
- Gomphrena meyeniana Walp.
- Gomphrena microcephala Moq.
- Gomphrena mizqueensis T.Ortuño & Borsch
- Gomphrena mollis Mart.
- Gomphrena moquinii Seub.
- Gomphrena nealleyi J.M.Coult. & Fisher
- Gomphrena nigricans Mart.
- Gomphrena nitida Rothr.
- Gomphrena occulta J.Palmer
- Gomphrena oroyana Standl.
- Gomphrena pallida (Stuchlík) Pedersen
- Gomphrena paraguayensis Chodat
- Gomphrena paranensis R.E.Fr.
- Gomphrena parviceps Standl.
- Gomphrena parviflora Benth.
- Gomphrena perennis L.
- Gomphrena phaeotricha Pedersen
- Gomphrena pilosa (M.Martens & Galeotti) Moq.
- Gomphrena platycephala R.E.Fr.
- Gomphrena pohlii Moq.
- Gomphrena potosiana Suess. & Benl
- Gomphrena pringlei J.M.Coult. & Fisher
- Gomphrena prostrata Mart.
- Gomphrena pulchella Mart.
- Gomphrena pulvinata Suess.
- Gomphrena pumila Gillies ex Moq.
- Gomphrena pungens Seub.
- Gomphrena pusilla Benth.
- Gomphrena radiata Pedersen
- Gomphrena regeliana Seub.
- Gomphrena riedelii Seub.
- Gomphrena riparia Pedersen
- Gomphrena rosula J.Palmer
- Gomphrena rudis Moq.
- Gomphrena rupestris Nees
- Gomphrena scandens (R.E.Fr.) J.C.Siqueira
- Gomphrena scapigera Mart.
- Gomphrena schinziana Stuchlík
- Gomphrena schlechtendaliana Mart.
- Gomphrena sellowiana Mart.
- Gomphrena serrata L.
- Gomphrena serturneroides Suess.
- Gomphrena sonorae Torr.
- Gomphrena sordida Farmar
- Gomphrena spissa Pedersen
- Gomphrena splendida R.L.Barrett & J.Palmer
- Gomphrena stellata T.Ortuño & Borsch
- Gomphrena tenella (Moq.) Benth.
- Gomphrena tomentosa (Griseb.) R.E.Fr.
- Gomphrena triceps Pedersen
- Gomphrena trinervosa C.C.Towns.
- Gomphrena trollii Suess.
- Gomphrena umbellata J.Rémy
- Gomphrena uruguayensis Suess.
- Gomphrena vaga Mart.
- Gomphrena virgata Mart.
- Gomphrena viridis Wooton & Standl.
- Gomphrena vitellina Pedersen
Gomphrena L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Froggatt, W.W. [13], Australia | K000357337 | Yes | |||
Sakuragui, C.M. [CFCR/13885], Brazil | K001207798 | Yes | |||
Giulietti, A.M. [2216], Brazil | K001209320 | Yes | |||
Inácio, E. [125], Brazil | K001209325 | Yes | |||
Figueiredo, L. [255], Brazil | K001209321 | Yes | |||
Ratter, J.A. [6688], Brazil | K001209316 | Yes | |||
Giulietti, A.M. [2426], Brazil | K001209319 | Yes | |||
Tschá, M.C. [258], Brazil | K001209323 | Yes | |||
Harley, R.M. [20897], Brazil | K001209313 | Yes | |||
Giulietti, A.M. [s.n.], Brazil | K001209314 | Yes | |||
Gomes, A.P.S. [8], Brazil | K001209327 | Yes | |||
Ratter, J.A. [6688], Brazil | K001209315 | Yes | |||
Rodal, M.J.N. [626], Brazil | K001209326 | Yes | |||
Harley, R.M. [54528], Brazil | K001209318 | Yes | |||
Pimentel, D.S. [14], Brazil | K001209322 | Yes | |||
Inácio, E. [13], Brazil | K001209329 | Yes | |||
Esteves, G.L. [CFCR 6054], Brazil | K001207794 | Yes | |||
Tschá, M.C. [113], Brazil | K001209328 | Yes | |||
Rodal, M.J.N. [658], Brazil | K001209324 | Yes | |||
Ganev, W. [3126], Brazil | K001207795 | Yes | |||
Harley, R.M. [54842], Brazil | K001209317 | Yes | |||
Sakuragui, C.M. [s.n.], Brazil | K001209312 | Yes |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 224 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 6, 1: 75.
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)
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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Neotropikey
Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
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