Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Philoxerus diffusus R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 416. (1810)
    • Type locality: Australia. "Nova-Hollandia" Northern Territory: North Island, Sir Edward Pellew Group (island h).
    • Holotype: 1802-12-18, Brown R. #3061. BM BM001015866, BM001015867; Isotypes: #s.n. G G00236954, K K000357408, MEL MEL59371, P P00622624, P00622625, P00622626, PH PH00029655.

• Homotypic
  • Caraxeron diffusus (R.Br.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 38. (1837)
  • Xeraea diffusa (R.Br.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545. (1891)
  • Iresine brownii Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 341. (1849), nom. nov. (blocked by Iresine diffusa Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4(2): 765. 1806)

• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Alternanthera nana F.Bauer ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 341. (1849), nom. inval. in syn. (non Alternanthera nana R.Br. 1810)

Homonyms

• Gomphrena diffusa Pav. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 410. (1849), nom. inval.

Primary references

• Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. Londini, R.Taylor. BHL Reference page. : 416

• 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 Mattick's Literature Index – Rec.# 28058 Reference page. : 545

• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Amarantaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 231–424. Masson, Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 341

• Rafinesque-Schmaltz, C.S. 1837 ["1836"]. Flora Telluriana. Pars Tertia. 100 pp. Philadelphia, H. Probasco. BHL Reference page. : 38

• Sprengel, C. 1824 ('1825'). Caroli Linnaei, ... Systema vegetabilium. Ed. 16. Vol. I: Classis 1–5. 992 pp. Sumtibus Librariae Dieterichianae, Gottingae [Göttingen]. BHL Reference page. : 824

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Gomphrena diffusa in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 26.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Gomphrena diffusa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 26.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Gomphrena diffusa. Published online. Accessed Oct. 26 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Gomphrena diffusa . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 26.