Gomphrena

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Gomphrena
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Gomphrena globosa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Gomphrenoideae
Genus: Gomphrena
L. (1753)
Species [1]

139; see text

Synonyms
  • AmaranthoidesMill. (1754)
  • BlutaparonRaf. (1838)
  • BragantiaVand. (1771)
  • CaraxeronVaill. ex Raf. (1837), nom. superfl.
  • ChlamyphorusKlatt (1889)
  • ChnoanthusPhil. (1862)
  • ColuppaAdans. (1763)
  • LithophilaSw. (1788)
  • LitophilaSw. (1788), orth. var.
  • NinangaRaf. (1837), nom. illeg.
  • PhiloxerusR.Br. (1810)
  • PseudogomphrenaR.E.Fr. (1921)
  • SchultesiaSchrad. (1821)
  • SedinhaMure (1849)
  • WadapusRaf. (1837)
  • XeraeaL. ex Kuntze (1891)
Gomphrena haageana Klotzsch, National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan. Cheng Hua Qian Ri Hong 20190608191116.jpg
Gomphrena haageana Klotzsch, National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan.

Gomphrena [2] [3] is a genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae. They are known as the globe amaranths.

Contents

The genus includes 139 species, which are native to the Americas (southern United States to southern Argentina), western and central tropical Africa, Australia, and Japan and Taiwan. [1]

Species

139 species are accepted. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Gomphrena L. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  2. "Gomphrena". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. Gomphrena at USDA PLANTS Database