Alternanthera caracasana

Alternanthera caracasana

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 caracasana

Name

Alternanthera caracasana Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 205. (1818)

• Lectotype: Venezuela: Crescit in valle temperata juxta Caracas et Chacao, alt. 450 hex. Floret Januario. Humboldt, F.W.H.A. von & Bonpland A.J.A. #621. Lectotype: P P00136021; Isotypes: #5029 B B 10 0242322, F F0BN003232.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Telanthera caracasana (Kunth) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 370. (1849)
• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
  • Achyranthes peploides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.) Britton, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 5: 279. (1924)
  • Alternanthera achyrantha var. dasyantha Seub., in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 5(1): 183. (1875)
  • Alternanthera achyrantha var. parvifolia Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 359. (1849)
  • Alternanthera macrorhiza Hauman, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 18: 114. (1946)
  • Alternanthera parvifolia (Moq.) Fawc. & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica [Fawcett & Rendle] 3: 139. (1914)
  • Alternanthera peploides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.) Urb., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 168. (1918)
  • Alternanthera villiflora Scheele, Linnaea 22(2): 149. (1849)
  • Celosia humifusa Willd. ex Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 531. (1819)
  • Illecebrum peploides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 517. (1819)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Southern America Central America Honduras, Nicaragua Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. Northern South America Venezuela Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest Introduced elsewhere. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S. 1817–1818 ["1817"]. Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt. Tomus 2 (quarto ed.). 406 pp., tt. 97–192. Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 205

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera caracasana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 08. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera caracasana. 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. 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera caracasana. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 08 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera caracasana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Oct. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Alternanthera caracasana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

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