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Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Gomphrenoideae
Genus: Guilleminea
Species: G. chacoensis – G. densa – G. elongata – G. fragilis – G. gracilis – G. hirsuta
Name

Guilleminea Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 6: 33 (ed. fol.); 40 (ed. qu.). 1823

Type: Guilleminea illecebroides Kunth. = Guilleminea densa (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.) Moq.

Synonyms

Brayulinea Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small]. 394, 1330. (1903)
Type: Brayulinea densa (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.) Small
named for William L. Bray and Edwin Burton Uline

References
Primary references

Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S. 1823–1824 ["1823"]. Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt. Tomus 6 (quarto ed.). 600 pp. Apud Gide filium, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 40, pl. 518
Small, J.K. 1903. Flora of the Southeastern United States, being descriptions of the seed-plants, ferns and fern-allies growing naturally in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and the Indian territory and in Oklahoma and Texas east of the one-hundredth meridian. 1370 pp. Published by the author, New York. BHL Reference page. : 394, 1330

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Guilleminea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 27. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Guilleminea. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Guilleminea. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 27 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Guilleminea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 27.

Vernacular names
English: Matweeds

Guilleminea is a small genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae. They are sometimes known as matweeds. These are prostrate, mat-forming perennial herbs growing from taproots. The best known species is perhaps Guilleminea densa, the small matweed, which is present on most continents and is often a weed. The other species are native to the Americas. The genus was named after the French botanist Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemin.
Species

The genus contains eight species including:[1]

Guilleminea brittonii Standl., 1967
Guilleminea chacoensis Pedersen, 2000
Guilleminea densa (Willd.) Moq., 1849 - Small
Guilleminea elongata Mears, 1967
Guilleminea fragilis Pedersen, 2000
Guilleminea gracilis R.E.Fr, 1905
Guilleminea hirsuta Pedersen, 2000
Guilleminea lanuginosa (Poir.) Hook.f, 1880

References

"Guilleminea". The Plant List, retrieved 17 June 2020.

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