Heterostachys

Heterostachys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Salicornioideae
Genus: Heterostachys
Ung.-Sternb.
Type species
Heterostachys ritteriana
(Moq.) Ung.-Sternb.[1]

Heterostachys is a genus of plants in the Amaranthaceae first described as a genus in 1874.[2][1] It is native to South America and Hispaniola.[3][4]

Species[4]
  1. Heterostachys olivascens (Speg.) Molfino - Argentina
  2. Heterostachys ritteriana (Moq.) Ung.-Sternb. - Argentina, Paraguay, Venezuela, Peru, Haiti, Dominican Republic[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Tropicos, Heterostachys Ung.-Sternb.
  2. Ungern-Sternberg, Franz. 1874. Atti del congresso internazionale botanico tenuto in Firenze nel mese di maggio 1874 267, 268, 331
  3. 1 2 Tropicos, specimen list for Heterostachys ritteriana (Moq.) Ung.-Sternb.
  4. 1 2 The Plant List, genus Heterostachys
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