Heterostachys

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Heterostachys

Heterostachys Ung.-Sternb., Atti Congr. Bot. Firenze 1874: 267, 268, 331. 1876 sec. Kühn 19931 wfo-4000017776
      Type: Heterostachys ritteriana (Moq.) Ung.-Sternb.
  • 1. Kühn, U. 1993: Chenopodiaceae, pp. 253-281. – In: Kubitzki, K., Rohwer, J.G. & Bittrich, V. (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2. – Berlin, Heidelberg & New York: Springer
  • =Spirostachys Ung.-Sternb., Vers. Syst. Salicorn.: 100. 1866 syn. sec. Kühn 19932
  • 2. Kühn, U. 1993: Chenopodiaceae, pp. 253-281. – In: Kubitzki, K., Rohwer, J.G. & Bittrich, V. (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2. – Berlin, Heidelberg & New York: Springer

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Notes

This halophytic genus belongs to the Salicornioideae and comprises two species in Central and South America. It is closely related to Allenrolfea (Kadereit & al. 2006).A,B

Bibliography

A. 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
B. Kadereit, G., Mucina, L. & Kadereit, J. W. 2006: Phylogeny of Salicornioideae (Chenopodiaceae): diversification, biogeography, and evolutionary trends in leaf and flower morphology. – Taxon 55: 617-642