Dysphania melanocarpa
| Dysphania melanocarpa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chenopodioideae |
| Tribe: | Dysphanieae |
| Genus: | Dysphania |
| Species: | D. melanocarpa |
| Binomial name | |
| Dysphania melanocarpa (J.M.Black) Mosyakin & Clemants | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chenopodium melanocarpum | |
Dysphania melanocarpa, commonly known as Black Crumbweed, is an annual herb that grows in arid and semi-arid regions of Australia.
Description
It grows as a prostrate aromatic annual, with hairy stems that branch from its base. Leaves are oval in shape, about fifteen millimetres long. Flowers occur in dense clusters located in the axils.[1]
Taxonomy
It was first published in 1922 by John McConnell Black, as a variety of C. carinatum,[2] and promoted to species rank by him in 1934. Two forms have been published, although these are only recognised in South Australia and Western Australia; they are C. melanocarpum f. melanocarpum and C. melanocarpum f. leucocarpum.[3] In 2008, Sergei L. Mosyakin & Steven E. Clemants grouped this taxon in genus Dysphania. [4]
Distribution and habitat
It occurs in arid and semi-arid areas of Australia, usually in well-drained soils.[1]
References
- 1 2 Wilson, Paul G. (1984). "Chenopodiaceae". Flora of Australia, Volume 4: Phytolaccaceae to Chenopodiaceae. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service.
- ↑ "Chenopodium carinatum var. melanocarpum J.M.Black". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ↑ "Chenopodium melanocarpum (J.M.Black) J.M.Black". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ↑ Sergei L. Mosyakin, Steven E. Clemants (2008): Further Transfers of glandular-pubescent species from Chenopodium subg. Ambrosia to Dysphania (Chenopodiaceae). In: Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas Vol.2, Nr. 1, p. 425–431.
External links
- "Chenopodium melanocarpum (J.M.Black) J.M.Black". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
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