Gomphrena martianaGillies ex Moq.

globe amaranth

WFO wfo-0000706109 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Gomphrena martiana, photographed by Hugo Hulsberg
fig. a Hugo Hulsberg, CC0 1.0 / 2022-02-19 / obs. 180986189
Gomphrena martiana, photographed by aacocucci
fig. b aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 27457823
Gomphrena martiana, photographed by Matías Ponce
fig. c Matías Ponce, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 182789143
Gomphrena martiana, photographed by Facundo Chieffo
fig. d Facundo Chieffo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174176377
Gomphrena martiana, photographed by aacocucci
fig. e aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 27457801
Gomphrena martiana, photographed by Hugo Hulsberg
fig. f Hugo Hulsberg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 180986111
Gomphrena martiana, photographed by aacocucci
fig. g aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 27457835
Gomphrena martiana, photographed by Matías Ponce
fig. h Matías Ponce, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 182789164

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Gomphrena martiana is native: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Peru Argentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBoliviaBrazil West-CentralParaguayPeru
Native distribution of Gomphrena martiana, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Bolivia BOL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 6 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Gomphrena argentina Seub.
  • Gomphrena glutinosa R.E.Fr.
  • Gomphrena martiana var. martiana
  • Gomphrena martiana var. microcephala Suess.
  • Gossypianthus martiana (Gillies ex Moq.) Hook.f.
  • Philoxerus heliotropifolius Griseb.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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