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Calyceraceae

Calycera

Calycera herbacea

Calycera herbacea var. sinuata (Miers) Pontiroli

First published in Revista Mus. La Plata, Secc. Bot., n.s., 9: 191 (1963)

This variety is accepted

The native range of this variety is N. Chile to NW. Argentina. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subalpine or subarctic biome.

Distribution
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Native to:

Argentina Northwest, Chile North

Homotypic Synonyms

Calycera sinuata Miers in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 6: 398 (1860)
Calycera viridiflora f. sinuata (Miers) Hicken in Estud. Bot. Presentados Primera Reunion Nac. Soc. Nat. Tucuman: 247 (1919)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Calycera crenata R.E.Fr. in Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 4, 1(1): 98 (1905)
Calycera intermedia Phil. in Anales Univ. Chile 40(2): 174 (1870)
Calycera involucrata Phil. in Anales Univ. Chile 36: 174 (1870)
Calycera pulvinata f. cauligera Hicken in Reunión Nac. Soc. Argent. Ci. Nat. Tecn. Secç. 3, Bot. 1a: 253 (1916 publ. 1919)
Calycera pulvinata f. crenata (R.E.Fr.) Hicken in Reunión Nac. Soc. Argent. Ci. Nat. Tecn. Secç. 3, Bot. 1a: 246, 253 (1916 publ. 1919)

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Asterales

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Family
Calyceraceae

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Genus
Calycera

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Species
Calycera herbacea
Variety
Calycera herbacea var. sinuata

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Denham, S.S., Gallo, L.Z. & Pozner, R.E. (2014). Morphology and taxonomic revision of Calycera. Systematic Botany 39: 1226-1249.
Zuloaga, F.O. & Belgrano, M.J. (eds.) (2019). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 20(2): 1-444. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Denham, S.S., Gallo, L.Z. & Pozner, R.E. (2014). Morphology and taxonomic revision of Calycera. Systematic Botany 39: 1226-1249.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- '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.
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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