Alternanthera serpyllifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Alternanthera serpyllifolia (Poir.) Urb., Symb. Antill. (Urban). 5(2): 340. (1907)

Basionym
- Achyranthes serpyllifolia Poir., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 2. 11. (1811)
  - Type locality: Dominican Republic: S. Domingo.
  - Type: [Poiteau, P.A.] #s.n. Isotypes: P P00609922, P00609923, S S09-27560, ?BM000993154.

Homotypic
- Brandesia serpyllifolia (Poir.) Mart., Beitr. Amarantac. 106. (1825)
- Cruzeta serpyllifolia (Poir.) M.Gómez, Anales Inst. Segunda Enseñ. 2: 312. (1896)
- Iresine serpyllifolia (Poir.) Moq.,Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 341. (1849)
- Alternanthera serpyllifolia (Mart.) Schinz, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 16c: 75. (1934), nom. illeg.
- Achyranthes tenella Poit. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 341. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
Heterotypic
- Telanthera serpyllifolia Moq.,Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 373. (1849) (cites Brandesia serpyllifolia Mart., but excluding its type)
  - Type: Saint Barthelemy. Forsström, J.E. #s.n. S08-16297, S05-6993.

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Central America Panamá Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Urban, I. (ed.) 1904–1908. Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis. Vol. V. 555 pp. Fratres Borntraeger, Lipsiae [Leipzig]; Paul Klincksieck, Parisiis [Paris]; Williams & Norgate, Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. : 340
Lamarck, J.-B. & Poiret, J.L.M. 1811–1812. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique. Supplément. Tome 2. 876 pp. Paris: H. Agasse. BHL Reference page. : 11
Martius, C.F.P. von 1825. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der natürlichen Familie Amarantaceen. 144 pp. Halle. (Preprint from Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 13: 209–322. BHL) Reference page. : 106 (314)
Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Amarantaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 231–424. Masson, Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 341, 373

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera serpyllifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 22. Reference page.
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