Alternanthera brasiliana

Alternanthera brasiliana
Alternanthera brasiliana

Taxonavigation

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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 brasiliana

Name

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Alternanthera brasiliana (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 537. (1891)

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
    • Gomphrena brasiliana L., Cent. Pl. II. 13. (1756)
      • Lectotype (according to IPNI): Brazil: Breyne, Exot. Pl. Cent. 1674-78, t. 52. (Illustration)
  • Homotypic
    • Achyranthes brasiliana (L.) Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 74. (1915)
    • Philoxerus brasiliana (L.) Sm., A.Rees, Cycl. 27: n.º 4. (1814)
    • Telanthera brasiliana (L.) Moq., A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 382. (1849)
    • Gomphrena brasiliensis L., Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 2: 950. (1759), nom. illeg. superfl. (orth. var.)
    • Gomphrena brasiliensis (L.) Jacq., Coll. 2: 278. (1788), nom. inval. (not intended as a new species)
    • Gomphrena brasiliensis (L.) Lam., Tabl. Encycl. ii. 289. t. 180. f. 1. (1783), nom. inval. (not intended as a new species)
    • Caraxeron brasiliense (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 38. (1837)
    • Mogiphanes brasiliensis (Jacq.) Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 2: 34. (1826)
    • Philoxerus brasiliensis (L.) R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 416. (1810), nom. inval. according to ICN Art. 35.2 (final epithet not definitely associated with name of genus.
    • Telanthera brasiliensis (L.mut.Jacq.) Endl., Cat. Horti Vindob. 1: 265. (1842), basionym not stated
    • Gomphrena dentata Moench, Suppl. Meth. (Moench) 273. (1802), nom. illeg. superfl.
    • Alternanthera dentata R.E.Fr., Ark. Bot. 16(13): 11 (1920), basionym illeg.
  • Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019)
    • Alternanthera brasiliana f. angustifolia Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 538. (1891)
    • Alternanthera brasiliana f. bicolor Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 538. (1891)
    • Alternanthera brasiliana var. glabriuscula Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 538. (1891)
    • Alternanthera brasiliana var. longiseta Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 39: 2. (1935)
    • Alternanthera brasiliana f. obtusifolia Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 538. (1891)
    • Alternanthera brasiliana var. sericea Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 538. (1891)
    • Alternanthera brasiliana var. straminea (Mart.) Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 305. (1934)
    • Alternanthera dentata f. pubescens Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 299. (1934)
    • Alternanthera moquinii var. grandiceps Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 302. (1934)
    • Alternanthera straminea (Mart.) Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 305. (1934)
    • Gomphrena patula J.C.Wendl., Bot. Beob.: 43. (1798)
    • Mogiphanes straminea Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 2: 35. (1826)
  • (+ ref. Hassler 2019)
    • Achyranthes geniculata Ruiz & Pav. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 381. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
    • Caribbean
      • Aruba, Bahamas, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
    • Southern South America
      • Paraguay

Introduced elsewhere


References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Primary references

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