Alternanthera littoralis

Alternanthera littoralis (fig. 2)

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 littoralis

Varietates: A. l. var. guineensis – A. l. var. littoralis – A. l. var. sparmannii

Name

Alternanthera littoralis Beauv., Fl. Oware 2: 72. (1818)

• Type: "Flore d'Oware et du Bénin". Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F. #s.n. Type: G00008890.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Alternanthera littoralis Beauv. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 365. (1849), nom. inval. in syn. (isonym)
• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Alternanthera achyranthoides Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. (Hiern) 1: 896. (1900) (sphalm. Forsk.).
  • Alternanthera maritima var. africana Hauman, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 18: 115. (1946)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West Tropical Africa Benin, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Zaire South Tropical Africa Angola (incl. Cabinda) Western Indian Ocean Madagascar References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1807–1820. Flore d'Oware et de Bénin, en Afrique. Tome Second. 95 pp. p. LVI–CXX. Paris. BHL Bibliotheca Digital Reference page. : 72, pl. 104, fig. 2
• 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. : 365
• Hiern, W.P. 1900. Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. F. Welwitsch in 1853-61. [Vol. I.] Dicotyledons, Part IV. Pp 785–1035. London. BHL Reference page. : 896
• Hauman, L. 1946. Sur quelques Amaranthacées nouvelles ou mal connues de l'Afrique Équatoriale. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 18: 105-116. JSTOR Reference page. : 115

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera littoralis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 14. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera littoralis. 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. 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera littoralis. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 14 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera littoralis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Oct. 2019.

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