Corispermum

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Chenopodiaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Corispermoideae
Tribus: Corispermeae
Genus: Corispermum

Species: C. afghanicum – C. algidum – C. altaicum – C. americanum – C. anatolicum – C. apetalum – C. aralo-caspicum – C. bardunovii – C. candelabrum – C. canescens – C. chinganicum – C. coloratum – C. confertum – C. crassifolium – C. czernjaevii – C. declinatum – C. dilutum – C. dutreuilii – C. ellipsocarpum – C. elongatum – C. erosum – C. falcatum – C. filifolium – C. flexuosum – C. gelidum – C. glomeratum – C. heptapotamicum – C. heteracanthum – C. hilariae – C. hookeri – C. huanghoense – C. hyssopifolium – C. iljinii – C. intermedium – C. komarovii – C. korovinii – C. krylovii – C. laxiflorum – C. lehmannianum – C. lepidocarpum – C. lhasaense – C. macrocarpum – C. marschallii – C. maynense – C. mongolicum – C. nanum – C. navicula – C. nitidum – C. ochotense – C. pacificum – C. pallidum – C. pamiricum – C. papillosum – C. patelliforme – C. piliferum – C. platypterum – C. praecox – C. pseudofalcatum – C. puberulum – C. rechingeri – C. redowskii – C. retortum – C. sabulosum – C. sibiricum – C. stauntonii – C. stenolepis – C. tibeticum – C. tylocarpum – C. ucrainicum – C. ulopterum – C. uralense – C. villosum – C. welshii

Names in synonymy: C. bjelorussicum – C. borysthenicum – C. bracteatum – C. calvum – C. caucasicum – C. dubium – C. elatum – C. emarginatum – C. gallicum –C. glabratum – C. gmelini – C. henningii – C. hybridum – C. ikramii – C. imbricatum – C. insulare – C. jenisseense – C. ladakhianum – C. latifolium – C. leptopterum – C. macrospermum – C. marginale – C. marginatum – C. membranaceum – C. microspermum – C. nitidulum – C. orientale – C. pallasii – C. patens – C. pentandrum – C. pilosum – C. polygaloides – C. pungens – C. purpurascens – C. redofski – C. rostratum – C. salsoloides – C. simplicissimum – C. spicatum – C. squarrosum – C. stenopterum – C. subpentandrum – C. tenue – C. thelelegium – C. volgicum
Name

Corispermum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 4. (1753)

Type species (Lectotype designated by N.L. Britton et A.Brown 1913, Ill. Fl. N.U.S. ed. 2. 2: 20.): Corispermum hyssopifolium L..

According to Xue & Zhang 2011, the genus is monophyletic and consists of 4 clades, that differ from the former infrageneric classification.
References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 4. Reference page.

Additional references

Freitag, H., Hedge, I.C, Jafri, S.M.H, Kothe-Heinrich, G., Omer, S. & Uotila, P. 2001. Chenopodiaceae. In. Flora of Pakistan 204. eFloras 2008. Reference page. Corispermum.
Hedge, I.C. 1997. Corispermum. In:
Hedge, I.C., Akhani, H., Freitag, H., Kothe-Heinrich, G., Podlech, D., Rilke, S. & Uotila, P. 1997. Chenopodiaceae. In: Rechinger, K.H. (ed.): Flora Iranica Vol. 172. 371 pp., 212 tab., Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt Graz. Reference page. : 110–114.
Mosyakin, S.L.
eFloras 2008. Corispermum in Flora of North America . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Sukhorukov, A,P. 2007. Fruit anatomy and its taxonomic significance in Corispermum (Corispermoideae, Chenopodiaceae). Willdenowia 37: 63-87. DOI: 10.3372/wi.37.37103 Reference page.
Gelin Zhu, Mosyakin, S.L. & Clemants, S.C
'eFloras 2008. Corispermum in Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Xue, J.J. & Zhang, M.L. 2011. Monophyly and infrageneric variation of Corispermum L. (Chenopodiaceae), evidence from sequence data psbB-psbH, rbcL and ITS. Journal of Arid Land 3(4): 240−253. DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1227.2011.00240 Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Corispermum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Corispermum. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 19 2016.
The Plant List 2013. Corispermum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Feb. 19.
Tropicos.org 2016. Corispermum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 19 Feb. 2016.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Corispermum. .

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Wanzensame
English: Bugseed, Tickseed, Tumbleweed
suomi: Kurmiot
Nederlands: Vlieszaad
русский: Верблюдка

Corispermum is a genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae. Common names given to members of the genus involve bugseed, tickseed, and tumbleweed. In general, these are erect annual plants with flat, thin leaves and topped with inflorescences of flowers with long bracts. Bugseeds are native to North America and Eurasia, but little is known about their taxonomy and distribution.

Species include:

Corispermum americanum - American bugseed
Corispermum hyssopifolium - tumbleweed,[1] tumble-weed;[2] this species forms a tumbleweed
Corispermum ochotense - Russian bugseed
Corispermum pallasii - Siberian bugseed

References

Albert Brown Lyons (1900). Plant Names, Scientific and Popular: Including in the Case of Each Plant the Correct Botanical Name in Accordance with the Reformed Nomenclature, Together with Botanical and Popular Synonyms. Detroit: Nelson, Baker & Co. p. 630. page 117
Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913). An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions: From Newfoundland to the Parallel of the Southern Boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean Westward to the 102d Meridian. 2. C. Scribner's sons. page 21