Kallstroemia maxima

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Family:ZYGOPHYLLACEAE
Species:Kallstroemia maxima (L.) Hook. & Arn.
Common Name:Big Caltrop; Greater Caltrop
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:KAMA
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Status:Not Native
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyZYGOPHYLLACEAE - Creosote-Bush family
Genus Kallstroemia
Species Kallstroemia maxima (L.) Hook. & Arn. - Big Caltrop; Greater Caltrop

Citation

Citation Kallstroemia maxima (Linnaeus) Hooker & Arnott, Bot. Beechey Voy. 282. 1841 [1838].
Basionym: Tribulus maximus L. 1753.
Type: Cult. in Netherlands, Herb. Clifford 160(Tribulus 2) (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by D. M. Porter, Contr. Gray Herb. 198: 98. 1969.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Kallstroemia canescens Kallstroemia canescens Rydberg ex Vail & Rydberg, in Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 25: 113. 1910. MEXICO: Sinaloa: Rosario, 7 Jul 1897, Rose 1547 (holotype: US; isotypes: GH, NY).
Kallstroemia tribulus Kallstroemia tribulus Meisner, Pl. Vasc. Gen. 43. 1837, nom. illegit.Tribulus maximus Linnaeus 1753. 
Tribulus decolor Tribulus decolor Macfadyen, Fl. Jamaica 186. 1837, nom. illegit.Tribulus maximus Linnaeus 1753. 
Tribulus dimidiatus Tribulus dimidiatus Rafinesque, Autik. Bot. 176. 1840, nom. illegit.Tribulus trijugatus Nuttall 1818. 
Tribulus maximus Tribulus maximus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 386. 1753. Cult. in Netherlands, Herb. Clifford 160(Tribulus 2) (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Porter, Contr. Gray Herb. 198: 98. 1969.
Tribulus trijugatus Tribulus trijugatus Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 277. 1818. GEORGIA: Chatham Co.: Near Savannah, s.d., Nuttall s.n. (holotype: BM?; isotype: PH).
Tribulus tuberculatus Tribulus tuberculatus Sessé y Lacasta & Moçiño, Fl. Mexic., ed. 2. 109. 1894. CUBA: Near Havana, s.d., Sesse s.n. (holotype: MA?).

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: Mobile

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: UNA

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UNA00022932 Mobile _ Jul 1888 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Kallstroemia maxima (L.) Hook. & Arn.
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