Alternanthera spinosa

Taxonavigation

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

Alternanthera spinosa (Hornem.) Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 555. (1819)

Basionym
- Achyranthes spinosa Hornem., Enum. Pl. Hort. Hafn., Suppl. 2: 1. (1808), Hort. Bot. Hafn. i. 240 (1813).
  - Type: Unknown origin. Collector not on sheet, #s.n. Holotype: C C10005356.
Homotypic
- Illecebrum spinosum (Hornem.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 819. (1824)

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

Hornemann, J.W. 1808. Enumeratio Plantarum Horti botanici Hafniensis: Supplementum II.: Enumerationis Plantarum Horti botanici Hafniensis. Havniae [Kjøbenhavn]. Reference page. : 1
Hornemann, J.W. 1813. Hortus Regius Botanicus Hafniensis. In Usum Tyronum et Botanophilorum. Particula prima. 436 pp. E.A.H. Möller, Hauniae [Copenhagen]. Hathitrust Internet Archive Reference page. : 240
Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. 1819. Caroli a Linné equitis Systema Vegetabilium secundum classes ordines genera species. Cum characteribus, differentiis et synonymiis. Editio nova, speciebus inde ab editione XV. detectis aucta et locupletata. Vol. 5. VIII+LII+632 pp., corr. Sumtibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgardtiae [Stuttgart]. BHL Reference page. : 555
Sprengel, C. 1824 ('1825'). Caroli Linnaei, ... Systema vegetabilium. Ed. 16. Vol. I: Classis 1–5. 992 pp. Sumtibus Librariae Dieterichianae, Gottingae [Göttingen]. BHL Reference page. : 819

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera spinosa 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.
Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera spinosa. 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. 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera spinosa. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 22 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera spinosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Oct. 2019.