Gomphrena meyeniana Walp.


Family	AMARANTHACEAE
Genus species	Gomphrena meyeniana Walp.
Habitat	scree
Altitude	2000-4700m
Description	taproot, leaves in rosette, long white lanate, obovate to eliptic-spathulate, long petiolate, floral heads lanate, 15mm broad, involucral leaves broadly obovate
Size	1-5cm
Color	white
Bloom	late summer
Ca
Type	rosette, tuft
Cultivation	gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade
Propagation	seed in spring basal cuttings in late summer
Territory	Southern America Western South America (Bolivia , Peru ) Southern South America (Argentina Northwest , Chile North)
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	AMARANTHACEAE Gomphrena meyeniana Walp., Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 404 (1843) 2000-4700m ============================================================================= meyeniana typica ined. Synonyms: Gomphrena meyeniana albilfora Stuchlík Gomphrena meyeniana aureiflora Stuchlík Gomphrena meyeniana citrina Suess. Bolivia, Peru, nw. Argentina, n. Chile 83 BOL PER 85 AGW CLN 2000-4700m meyeniana acaulis (J.Rémy) Suess, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 313 (1934) Basionym: Gomphrena acaulis J.Rémy, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3. 6: 350 (1846) Synonyms: Xearea acaulis (J.Rémy) Kuntze Bolivia, nw. Argentina, n. Chile 83 BOL 85 AGW CLN meyeniana caulescens E.Holzh., Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 14-15; 229 (1956) nw. Argentina (Jujuy) 85 AGW meyeniana conwayi (Rusby) Suess, ibid. Basionym: Gomphrena conwayi Rusby, Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 89 (1912) Bolivia, Peru, nw. Argentina 83 BOL PER 85 AGW meyeniana flaccida Pedersen, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 12: 82 (1990) Bolivia, Peru nw. Argentina 83 BOL PER 85 AGW meyeniana levitepala Pedersen, ibid. nw. Argentina 85 AGW meyeniana tucumanensis Pedersen, ibid nw. Argentina 85 AGW