Alternanthera aquatica

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 aquatica

Name

Alternanthera aquatica (D.Parodi) Chodat, Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève ser. 2, 18: 257, 292. (1927)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Mogiphanes aquatica D.Parodi, Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 5: 316. (1878)
    • Type: Paraguay: Asuncion. 1863-09, in flumine? inter Camalote grande.
• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
  • Achyranthes hassleriana (Chodat) Standl., J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74. (1915)
  • Alternanthera hassleriana Chodat, Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 355. (1903)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Western South America Bolivia Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Paraguay References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Chodat, R.H. 1927. La végetation du Paraguay. Résultats scientifiques d'une mission botanique Suisse au Paraguay. XIV. Amaranthacées... Bulletin de la Société Botanique de Genève 18: 246–294. Reference page. : 257, 292
• Parodi, D. 1878. Contribucion a la Flora del Paraguay. Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina 5: 87–96 BHL, 152–162 BHL, 206–214 BHL, 261–277 BHL, 315–320 BHL. Reference page. : 316.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera aquatica 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 aquatica. 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 aquatica. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 08 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera aquatica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Oct. 2019.