Pleuropetalum

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Pleuropetalum

Pleuropetalum Hook.f. in London J. Bot. 5: 108. 1846 sec. Hernández-Ledesma & al. 20151 wfo-4000030349
      Type: Pleuropetalum darwinii Hook.f.
  • 1. Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., von Mering, S., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler, R., Ocampo, G. & Ochoterena, H. 2015: A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. – Willdenowia 45(3): 281-383. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.45.45301

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Pleuropetalum is a member of Amaranthoideae. The genus is unusual in the family because of a higher stamen and carpel number (Eliasson 1988; Ronse De Craene & al. 1999).A,B,C

Bibliography

A. Eliasson, U. H. 1988: Floral morphology and taxonomic relations among the genera of Amaranthaceae in the New World and the Hawaiian Islands. – Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 96(3): 235–283. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.1988.tb00683.x
B. Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., von Mering, S., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler, R., Ocampo, G. & Ochoterena, H. 2015: A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. – Willdenowia 45(3): 281-383. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.45.45301
C. Ronse De Craene, L.P., Volgin, S. A. & Smets, E. 1999: The floral development of Pleuropetalum darwinii, an anomalous member of the Amaranthaceae. – Flora 194: 189-199