Nyssanthes 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: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Nyssanthes
Species: Nyssanthes diffusa

Name

Nyssanthes diffusa R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 418. (1810)

• Type: Australia: Queensland: Shoalwater Bay. 1802-09-03, Robert Brown #3069. Holotype: BM BM000795236. Isotypes: BM000795237, E00279888, K000357276, K000357277.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Nyssanthes media R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 418. (1810)
    • Lectotype: Australia, Banks of the Hawkesbury. Port Jackson. New South Wales: Sydney. 1802, Robert Brown, #s.n. Lectotype: BM000795233; Isolectotype: BM000795234, BM000795235.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Australasia Australia New South Wales, Queensland References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. pp. i–viii + 145–590, Londini: R.Taylor. BHL Reference page. : 418

Additional references

• Bean, A.R. & Miller, C.H. 2011. A taxonomic revision of Nyssanthes R.Br. (Amaranthaceae). Austrobaileya 8(3): 267–279. JSTOR Reference page. : 268

Links

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) 2019. Nyssanthes diffusa Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian National Botanic Gardens & Australian National Herbarium. Accessed: 2019-07-12.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Nyssanthes 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Nyssanthes diffusa. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 12 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Nyssanthes diffusa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 12. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Barbwire Weed