Iresine leptoclada (Hook.f.) Henrickson & S.D.Sundb

Thomas Borsch, Hilda Flores-Olvera, Silvia Zumaya & Kai Müller, 2018, Pollen characters and DNA sequence data converge on a monophyletic genus Iresine (Amaranthaceae, Caryophyllales) and help to elucidate its species diversity, Taxon 67 (5), pp. 944-976 : 968-969

Iresine leptoclada (Hook.f.) Henrickson & S.D.Sundb . in Aliso 11: 360. 1986 ≡ Dicraurus leptocladus Hook.f. in Bentham & Hooker, Gen. Pl. 3: 43. 1880, nom. nov. for I. diffusa Torr. in Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound.: 180. 1859, nom. illeg. ≡ Dicraurus diffusus Baill ., Hist. Pl. 9: 214. 1888 – Lectotype (designated by Henrickson & Sundberg in Aliso 11: 361 1986): U.S.A. Texas, Wright 589 (NY barcode 0 0 324520 [image!]; isolectotypes: GH barcodes 0 0 0 37099 [image!] & 0 0 0 37100 [image!], K barcode K000848130 ! [image!], PH barcode 0 0 0 16087 [image!], US barcode 0 0 102777 [image!]).

= Iresine alternifolia var. texana J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 48. 1890 – Holotype: U.S.A. Texas: Presidio Co., Chenate mountains, 1889, G.C. Nealley 423 (US barcode 00102814! [image!]; isotypes: GH barcode 0 0 0 37097 [image!], K barcode K000848132!).

= Iresine hartmanii var. mapimiana Suess. in Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 4: 109. 1952 – Holotype: MEXICO. Mapimi, 21–23 Oct 1898, E. Palmer 529 (BM No. 017387!; isotypes: NY barcodes 0 1259981 [image!] & 0 1259982 [image!]).

Taxonomic status: Species limits not yet studied in detail (B).