Alternanthera bettzickiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
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: Alternanthera
Species: Alternanthera bettzickiana

Name

Alternanthera bettzickiana (Regel) G.Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 1: 59. (1884), as "Bettzichiana"

Accepted by Govaerts 2019. Considered as a synoynm of Alternanthera ficoidea var. bettzickiana by Hassler 2019.

Synonyms

Basionym
- Telanthera bettzickiana Regel, Gartenflora 11: 178. (1862)
  - Type: Ex horto bot. Petropolitano. Type: LE LE00012018.
Homotypic
- Achyranthes bettzickiana (Regel) Standl., N. Amer. Fl. 21(2): 138. (1917)
- Alternanthera bettzickiana (Regel) Standl., in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Chicago, Bot. Ser. iii. 254. (1930), isonym
- Alternanthera ficoidea var. bettzickiana (Regel) Backer, Fl. Males., Ser. 1, Spermat. 4: 93. (1949)
- Alternanthera paronychioides var. bettzickiana (Regel) Fosberg, Willdenowia 20(1–2): 259. (1991)
- Alternanthera tenella var. bettzickiana (Regel) Veldkamp, Taxon 27(2-3): 313. (1978)
Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
- Achyranthes amabilis Britton, Fl. Bermuda [N.L. Britton] 121. (1918)
- Achyranthes cyclophylla (Seub.) Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 74. (1915)
- Achyranthes picta Pass., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 22: 31. (1864)
- Alternanthera amabilis hort. ex Lem., Ill. Hort. 15: t. 558. (1868)
- Alternanthera amabilis var. tricolor Linden & André, Ill. Hort. 17: 102, tab. 20. (1870)
- Alternanthera articulata O.Stützer, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 88: 43. (1935)
- Alternanthera articulata f. capitellata O.Stützer, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 88: 43. (1935)
- Alternanthera articulata var. minuta O.Stützer, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 88: 43. (1935)
- Alternanthera cyclophylla (Seub.) Schinz, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 16c: 74. (1934)
- Alternanthera ficoidea var. amoena (Lem.) L.B.Sm. & Downs, Fl. Ilustr. Catarin. [Amara]: 62. (1972)
- Alternanthera ficoidea var. spathulata (Lem.) L.B.Sm. & Downs, Fl. Ilustr. Catarin. [Amara]: 61. (1972)
- Alternanthera kerberi Uline & W.L.Bray, Bot. Gaz. 20: 450. (1895)
- Alternanthera purpurea hort. ex Pynaert, Rev. Hort. Belge Étrangère 5: 25 (1879)
- Alternanthera sessilis var. amoena Lem., Ill. Hort. 12: t. 447. (1865)
- Alternanthera spathulata Lem., Ill. Hort. 12: t. 445. (1865)
- Amarantesia brasiliensis hort. ex Regel, Gartenflora 18: 102. (1869)
- Jeilium tricolor hort. ex Regel, Gartenflora 18: 102. (1869)
- Telanthera amoena (Lem.) Regel, Gartenflora 18: 101. (1869)
- Telanthera cyclophylla Seub., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 5(1): 174. (1875)
- Telanthera picta K.Koch, Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Konigl. Preuss. Staaten 9: 15. (1866)
(+ ref Hassler 2019) (the "versicolor" taxa considered as synonym of Alternanthera pulchella by Govaerts 2019)
- Alternanthera amoena (Lem.) Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 869. (1896)
- Alternanthera amoena f. reinhardi Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 870. (1896)
- Alternanthera brasiliensis hort. ex Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 869. (1895), nom. inval. in syn.
- Alternanthera coerilis hort. ex Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 870. (1895), nom. inval. in syn.
- Alternanthera ficoidea var. versicolor (Lem.) L.B.Sm. & Downs, Fl. Ilustr. Catarin. 1(Amarant.): 63. (1972)
- Alternanthera paronychioides hort. ex Regel, Gartenflora 18: 102. (1869), (later homonym of Alternanthera paronychioides A.St.-Hil. 1833).
- Alternanthera reinhardi hort. ex Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 870. (1895), nom. inval. in syn.
- Alternanthera sessilis Lem., Ill. Hort. (1865) t. 447. (later homonym of Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC. 1813).
- Alternanthera tenella var. versicolor (Lem.) Veldkamp, Taxon 30(1): 208 (1981)
- Alternanthera versicolor (Lem.) Regel, Gartenflora 18: 101. (1869)
- Telanthera ficoidea var. versicolor Lem., Ill. Hort. 12: t. 440 (1865).
- Telanthera versicolor (Lem.) Regel, Index Seminum [St.Petersburg (Petropolitanus)] (1868) 83.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru Brazil Brazil North, Brazil South Introduced and cultivated elsewhere. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Nicholson, G. 1884. The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening, a Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture for Gardeners and Botanists. Vol. I. A to E. London: L.U. Gill. BHL Reference page. : 59.
Regel, E. 1862. Der Garten Seiner Kaiserlichen Hoheit des Großfürsten Nicolai - Nicolajewitsch zu Snaminsk. Hofgärtner Herr Bettzick. Gartenflora 11: 173–180. BHL Reference page. : 178

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera bettzickiana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 11. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera ficoidea bettzickiana. 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 online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera bettzickiana. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 11 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera bettzickiana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Oct. 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Alternanthera bettzickiana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.