Allenrolfea

Allenrolfea occidentalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Chenopodiaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Salicornioideae
Tribus: Salicornieae
Genus: Allenrolfea

Species: A. occidentalis – A. patagonica – A. vaginata

Names in synonymy: A. mexicana

• for Spirostachys: S. occidentalis – S. patagonica – S. vaginata
  

Name

Allenrolfea Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545. (1891)

• Type species: Allenrolfea occidentalis (S.Watson) Kuntze
• Eponymy: in honour of Robert Allen Rolfe.

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Spirostachys S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 9: 125. (1874), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Spirostachys Sond. 1850)
    • Type: Spirostachys occidentalis (S.Watson) S.Watson

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Northwestern U.S.A. Idaho (s.), Oregon (s.e.) Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California (e.), Nevada, Utah South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas (w.) Mexico Mexico Southern America Southern South America Argentina References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. : 545
• Watson, S. 1874. A revision of the North American Chenopodiaceae. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 9: 82–126. BHL Reference page. : 125.

Additional references

• Shultz, L.M.:
• eFloras 2008. Allenrolfea in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
• Kadereit, G., Mucina, L. & Freitag, H. 2006: Phylogeny of Salicornioideae (Chenopodiaceae): Diversification, Biogeography, and Evolutionary Trends in Leaf and Flower Morphology. Taxon 55(3): 617–642. DOI: 10.2307/25065639.Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Allenrolfea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Allenrolfea. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 05 2016.
• The Plant List 2013. Allenrolfea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Jul. 05.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Allenrolfea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Jul. 2016.

Vernacular names

English: Iodinebush

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