Amaranthaceae

Iresine P.Browne

First published in Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica: 358 (1756)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Jamaica, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Assam, Cameroon, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Madeira, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Tanzania, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Vietnam

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Civ. & Nat. Hist. Jamaica, 358 (1756) nom. conserv.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2009 Wood, J.R.I. [7855] Bolivia K000324780 No
Jan 1, 2009 Pipoly, J. [18286] Colombia K000324781 No
Jan 1, 2009 Cavero, M. [152] Peru K000324779 No
Jan 1, 2009 Argent, G.C.G. [330] Ecuador K000324777 No
Jan 1, 2009 Wood, J.R.I. [18718] Bolivia K000324791 No
Jan 1, 2009 Mendoza, M. [1439] Ecuador K000324778 No
Jan 1, 2008 Reynoso, E.J. [PPI 3785] Philippines K000611675 No
Pringle, C.G. [3962] Mexico K000583143 Isotype Yes
Prance, G.T. [16719] Brazil K001207235 Yes
Gentry, H.S. [3617] Mexico K000583145 Isotype Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0