Alternanthera villosa

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 villosa

Name

Alternanthera villosa Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 208. (1818)

• Type locality: Peru: Ayavaca.
• Type: Bonpland, A.J.A. #3450. Holotype: P P00622594; Isotypes: P00622593, P00622595; #s.n. PH PH00002163.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Telanthera villosa (Kunth) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 379. (1849)
  • Illecebrum villosum (Kunth) Willd. ex Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 516. (1819)
• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019, accepted as Alternanthera tomentosa by Govaerts)
  • Telanthera tomentosa Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 380. (1849)
    • Type locality: Peru: Chachapoyas.
    • Type: Mathews #3130. Holotype: P00622591; Isotypes: G00236972, G00236973, MO-845000, MO-247458
  • Alternanthera tomentosa (Moq.) Schinz, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 16c: 76. (1934)
  • Alternanthera brasiliana var. tomentosa (Moq.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 538. (1891)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Western South America Ecuador, Peru Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Southern South America Paraguay 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. : 208
• 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. : 379, 380
• Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. 1819. Caroli a Linné equitis Systema Vegetabilium secundum classes ordines genera species. Cum characteribus, differentiis et synonymiis. Editio nova, speciebus inde ab editione XV. detectis aucta et locupletata. Vol. 5. VIII+LII+632 pp., corr. Sumtibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgardtiae [Stuttgart]. BHL Reference page. : 516

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera villosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 23. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera villosa. 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. 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera villosa. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 23 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera villosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Oct. 2019.