Iresine diffusa

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: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Gomphrenoideae
Genus: Iresine
Species: Iresine diffusa
Varietates: I. d. var. macrophylla – I. d. var. spiculigera

Formae: Iresine diffusa f. herbstii – Iresine diffusa f. lindenii

Name

Iresine diffusa Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4(2): 765. 1806.

Synonymy

Homotypic
- Iresine celosia var. diffusa (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Suess., Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 1(4): 106(–107). 1952.

Heterotypic
- Iresine elongata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4(2): 765. 1806.
- Iresine parvifolia Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 2(7): 198(–199). 1817 [1818]. – Nov. Gen. Sp. (folio ed.) 2(7): 159(–160). 1817 [1818].
- Iresine havanensis Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 2(7): 199. 1817 [1818]. – Nov. Gen. Sp. (folio ed.) 2(7): 160. 1817 [1818].
- Iresine mutisii Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 2(7): 200. 1817 [1818]. – Nov. Gen. Sp. (folio ed.) 2(7): 160(–161). 1817 [1818]. (as Iresine Mutisii)
- Iresine polymorpha Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 56, t. 153. 1826.
- Iresine polymorpha var. alopecuroidea Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 56, t. 153, fig. I. 1826. (as α) alopecuroidea)
- Iresine polymorpha var. effusa Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 56, t. 153, fig. II. 1826. (as β) effusa)
- Iresine celosia var. alopecuroidea (Mart.) Suess., Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 1(4): 107. 1952. (as alopecuroides)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America
- South-Central U.S.A.
  - Texas.
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida, Louisiana.
- Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest.
Southern America
- Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Caribbean
  - Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.
- Northern South America
  - Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central.
- Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Kunth, C.S. 1818. Amaranthaceae. Juss. Pp. 194–211, t. 125 in Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S., Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt, Tomus 2 (quarto ed.). Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page.
Kunth, C.S. 1818. Amaranthaceae. Juss. Pp. 156–170, t. 125 in Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S., Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt, Tomus 2 (folio ed.). Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. e-rara.ch Reference page.
Willdenow, C.L. 1806. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta. Tomus 4. Pars 2. Pp. 634–1157. Impensis G. C. Nauk, Berolini [Berlin]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page.

Additional references

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Amaranthaceae. In Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 18–25. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page.
Agudelo-H., C.A. 2008. Amaranthaceae. Flora de Colombia, No. 23. 138 pp. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. PDF Reference page.
Borsch, T., Flores‐Olvera, H., Zumaya, S. & Müller, K. 2018. Pollen characters and DNA sequence data converge on a monophyletic genus Iresine (Amaranthaceae, Caryophyllales) and help to elucidate its species diversity. Taxon 67(5): 944–976. DOI: 10.12705/675.7 Reference page.
Duke, J.A. 1961. Amaranthaceae. In Woodson, R.E., Jr., Schery, R.W. & Collaborators, Flora of Panama, part IV, Fascicle 4. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 48: 6–50. BHL Reference page. (as Iresine celosia)
Fournet, J. 2002. 37. Amaranthaceae. Pp. 243–267 in Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique, Tome 1, Nouv. éd. CIRAD, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Montpellier. ISBN 2-908490-26-9. Reference page.
Mears, J.A. & Gillis, W.T. 1977. Gomphrenoideae (Amaranthaceae) of the Bahama Islands. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 58: 60–66. BHL Reference page. (as Iresine canescens)
Clemants, S.E. 2003. 11. Iresine. Pp. 454–456 in Robertson, K.R. & Clemants, S.E., 39. Amaranthaceae Jussieu. In Flora of North America, Vol. 4: Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-517389-5. Online Reference page.
Nee, M.H. 1995. Amaranthaceae. Pp. 384–399 in Steyermark, J.A. (†), Berry, P.E. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 2, Pteridophytes, Spermatophytes, Acanthaceae–Araceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 0-915279-74-6. Reference page.
Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Iresine diffusa. Published online. Accessed: 25 March 2018. Reference page.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Iresine diffusa.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Iresine diffusa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 03. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Iresine diffusa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2012-04-08.
Hassler, M. 2018. Iresine diffusa. 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 June 10. Reference page.

Tropicos.org 2018. Iresine diffusa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 March 2018. Reference page.
Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Iresine diffusa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 March 2018.
Iresine diffusa in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 14 April 2018.
Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Iresine diffusa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 March 2018.
Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Iresine diffusa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 March 2018.
Tropicos.org: Bolivia Catalogue: Iresine diffusa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 March 2018.
Tropicos.org: Peru Checklist: Iresine diffusa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 March 2018.
Iresine diffusa in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 21 May 2018.