Gomphrena serrata

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Species Distribution Map
Family:AMARANTHACEAE
Species:Gomphrena serrata L.
Common Name:Prostrate Globe Amaranth; Arrasa Con Todo
Habitat:Disturbed areas. Roadsides,lawns, open sandy areas.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:GOSE
Plant Notes:Prostrate Globe Amaranth is an introduced annual or perennial herb in the Amaranth family (Amaranthaceae). The native range of this species is ambiguous, with references to the Americas (North, Central and South) as well as some Caribbean islands. Different sources report it as native or introduced in the south-eastern United States. It has also been introduced in numerous countries in South America, Asia, Africa, and on some Pacific islands. In Alabama it has been collected from central and southern portions of the state. Prostrate Globe Amaranth grows on roadsides, in lawns, in cemeteries, in vacant lots, and on other disturbed sites. It is a decumbent or prostrate herb, rooting at the nodes. The fibrous roots are thick and cord-like. The stems are green or reddish in color and pubescent with long white hairs. Leaves are opposite, sessile or short petiolate, obovate or oblong in outline, entire, and densely pubescent with long white hairs on the lower surface. Flowers are produced in terminal heads. The heads are globose or cylindric in outline and white in color. The individual flowers have 5 tepals united into a tube and 5 yellow stames. The fruit is an utricle. Prostrate Globe Amaranth has been widely used in herbal medicine and as a charm to break curses or protect one from evil spirts.--A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
References:**

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Classification

FamilyAMARANTHACEAE - Amaranth family
Genus Gomphrena
Species Gomphrena serrata L. - Prostrate Globe Amaranth; Arrasa Con Todo

Citation

Citation Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 224. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: MEXICO: Veracruz: Without locality, s.d., Houstoun s.n. (neotype: BM). Neotypified by Mears, Taxon 29: 87. 1980.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Amaranthoides decumbens Amaranthoides decumbens (Jacquin) M. Gómez de la Maza y Jiménez, Anales Inst. Seg. Ens. Habana 2: 313. 1896.Gomphrena decumbens Jacquin 1804. 
Gomphrena decumbens Gomphrena decumbens Jacquin, Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 4: 41, t. 482. 1804. Without data, cult. in Austria (?) (holotype: Jacquin, Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 4: t. 482. 1804).
Gomphrena decumbens var. albiflora Gomphrena decumbens Jacquin, var. albiflora Chodat & Hassler, Bull. Herb. Boiss., ser. 2. 3: 389. 1903.  
Gomphrena perennis var. simplex Gomphrena perennis Linnaeus, var. simplex Stuchlik, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 153. 1912.  
Xeraea decumbens Xeraea decumbens (Jacquin) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545. 1891.Gomphrena decumbens Jacquin 1804. 
Xeraea serrata Xeraea serrata (Linnaeus) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545. 1891.Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus 1753. 
Gomphrena dispersa Gomphrena dispersa Standley, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 91. 1916. CUBA: Pinar del Rio: Sierra de Anafe, Dec 1911, Wilson & Léon 11485 (holotype: US).

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Henry, Houston, Macon, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL, UWFP

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
SAMF0002971 Mobile 25 Apr 2015 Davenport, Lawrence J.
5721		 SAMF
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
TROY000042906 Coffee 01 Oct 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26882		 TROY
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
TROY000049033 Mobile 24 Aug 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
29057		 TROY
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
UWAL0030105 Monroe 21 Jul 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26626		 UWAL
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
UWAL0046455 Autauga 28 Jun 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
972		 UWAL
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
UNA00066371 Baldwin 22 Jun 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12290		 UNA
Gomphrena serrata L.
TROY000043929 Henry 26 May 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27429		 TROY
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
UWAL0000085 Baldwin 22 Jun 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12290		 UWAL
Gomphrena serrata L.
TROY000014483 Baldwin 22 Jun 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12290		 TROY
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
UWAL0031939 Coffee 01 Oct 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26882		 UWAL
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
UNA00060470 Mobile 25 Dec 2002 Zebryk, Tad M.
8146		 UNA
Gomphrena decumbens Jacq.
TROY000043577 Escambia 22 Sep 2013 Burkhalter, James R.
24368		 TROY
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
TROY000000847 Baldwin 27 Jul 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16736		 TROY
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
UWAL0039306 Houston 21 Jul 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27570		 UWAL
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
UWAL0039864 Montgomery 03 Aug 2017 Diamond, Alvin R.
27900		 UWAL
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
UWFP001961 Escambia 23 Jun 2014 James R. Burkhalter
24792		 UWFP
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
SAMF0003707 Covington 10 Jul 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21457		 SAMF
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
TROY000046340 Macon 13 Aug 2017 Diamond, Alvin R.
27903		 TROY
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
TROY000044380 Conecuh 18 Oct 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27701		 TROY
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
UWAL0039852 Butler 24 Sep 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27682		 UWAL
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
TROY000044210 Houston 21 Jul 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27570		 TROY
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
AUA000026801 Mobile 25 Dec 2002 Zebryk, Tad M.
8146		 AUA
Gomphrena Serrata L.
SAMF0003706 Mobile 19 Sep 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6751		 SAMF
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
TROY000044948 Montgomery 03 Aug 2017 Diamond, Alvin R.
27900		 TROY
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
TROY000047583 Conecuh 03 Sep 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28477		 TROY
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
UWAL0049947 Mobile 24 Aug 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
29057		 UWAL
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
TROY000042979 Monroe 21 Jul 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26626		 TROY
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
UWAL0035762 Mobile 30 Aug 2015 Horne, Howard E.
3010		 UWAL
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
UWAL0039206 Conecuh 03 Sep 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28477		 UWAL
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
UNA00065617 Baldwin 27 Jul 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16736		 UNA
Gomphrena serrata L.
UWAL0037100 Baldwin 30 Sep 2017 Bryson, Charles T.
25457		 UWAL
Gomphrena serrata L.
UWFP001967 Monroe 26 Sep 2010 James R. Burkhalter
s.n.		 UWFP
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
UWAL0039841 Macon 13 Aug 2017 Diamond, Alvin R.
27903		 UWAL
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
UWAL0009576 Mobile 19 Sep 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6751		 UWAL
Gomphrena serrata L.
UWAL0039588 Conecuh 23 Nov 2017 Diamond, Alvin R.
28009		 UWAL
Gomphrena serrata L.
ALNHS00000568 Mobile 25 Aug 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#327		 ALNHS
Gomphrena serrata L.
UWFP001960 Escambia 23 Sep 2013 James R. Burkhalter
24368		 UWFP
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
UWAL0002045 Covington 10 Jul 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21457		 UWAL
Gomphrena serrata L.
TROY000044197 Butler 24 Sep 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27682		 TROY
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
UWAL0039317 Henry 26 May 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27429		 UWAL
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
JSU156457 Mobile 25 Aug 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#327		 JSU
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
TROY000048749 Autauga 28 Jun 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
972		 TROY
Gomphrena serrata Linnaeus
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