Frankeniaceae

Frankenia L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 331 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Macaronesia to NW. India and Siberia, St. Helena, Namibia to Cape Prov., Australia, W. Central U.S.A. to Mexico, Peru to Chile.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Azores, Baleares, Bolivia, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, Colorado, Corse, Cyprus, Desventurados Is., East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, France, Free State, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Haiti, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Mali, Mauritania, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Nevada, New Mexico, New South Wales, Niger, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Portugal, Queensland, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, South Australia, South European Russi, Spain, St.Helena, Sudan, Tadzhikistan, Tasmania, Texas, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Victoria, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Massachusetts, New Jersey, Norfolk Is., Oregon, Utah

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 1: 136.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1980 D'Orbigny [1522] K000471132 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Chile K000471133 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Gay, C. [s.n.] Chile K000471012 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Gay [s.n.] Chile K000471010 Isolectotype Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Chile K000471134 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Chile K000471011 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Lorentz [s.n.] Argentina K000471131 Isolectotype Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [5005] South Africa K000388029 Isotype Yes
Aedo, C. ; et al [WGS84] Tunisia K001612258 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0