Alternanthera paronychioides

Alternanthera paronychioides

1. Alternanthera paronychioides
2. Alternanthera paronychioides subsp. pilosa

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 paronychioides

Subspecies: A. p. subsp. chacoensis – A. p. subsp. paronychioides – A. p. subsp. pilosa

Varietates: A. p. var. amazonica – A. p. var. boliviana

Name

Alternanthera paronychioides A.St.-Hil., Voy. Distr. Diam. 2: 439. (1833), as "paronichyoides"

• Type: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro. 1816 - 1821, Saint-Hilaire, A. #223. Holotype: ?; Isotypes: F F0047583F, PH PH00002153, PH00002154.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Achyranthes paronychioides (A.St.-Hil.) hort. ex Schinz, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 16c: 76 (1934), nom. inval. in syn.
• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019 for subsp. paronychioides. Partly considered as synonyms of Alternanthera ficoidea by Govaerts 2019)
  • Achyranthes amabilis Britton, Fl. Bermuda [N.L. Britton] 121. (1918)
  • Achyranthes repens Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina [Elliott] 1: 309. (1817), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Achyranthes repens L., 1753)
  • Alternanthera asterotricha Uline, Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 1: 419. (1899)
  • Alternanthera leucantha Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 357. (1849)
  • Alternanthera polygonoides var. diffusa (Mart.) Moq. ex Hicken, Apuntes Hist. Nat. 2: 95. (1910)
  • Alternanthera triandra Steud., Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 33, 34 (1821). (non Alternanthera triandra Lam., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 1(1): 95. (1783)
  • Bucholzia brachiata (Moq.) Schrad. ex Seub., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 5(1): 173. (1875)
  • Bucholzia polygonoides var. diffusa Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 51, t. 149, 151. (1826)
  • Bucholzia polygonoides var. erecta Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 51. (1826)
  • Bucholzia polygonoides var. radicans Mart. Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 51. (1826)
  • Steiremis repens Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 41. (1837)
  • Telanthera arenaria Casar. ex Seub., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 5(1): 185. (1875)
  • Telanthera polygonoides var. brachiata Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 364. (1849)
  • Telanthera polygonoides var. diffusa (Mart.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 364. (1849)
  • Telanthera polygonoides var. radicans (Mart.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 364. (1849)

Homonyms

• Alternanthera paronychioides hort. ex Regel (1869), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

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

References

Primary references

• Saint-Hilaire, A. de 1833. Voyage dans le district des diamans et sur le littoral du Brésil, suivi de note sur quelques plantes caractéristiques et d'un précis de l'historie des révolutions de l'empire brésilien, depuis le commencement du règne de Jean vi jusqu'à l'abdication de D. Pedro. Seconde Partie. pp. [i–iii], [1]–457. Paris: Librarie-Gide. Hathitrust] Reference page. : 439

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera paronychioides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 16. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera paronychioides. 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. 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera paronychioides. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 16 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera paronychioides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Oct. 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Smooth Joyweed

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