Alternanthera costaricensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Alternanthera costaricensis Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 538. (1891)

Homotypic
- Achyranthes costaricensis (Kuntze) Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 74. (1915)
Heterotypic
- Achyranthes megaphylla Standl., N. Amer. Fl. 21(2): 141. (1917)
  - Type: Costa Rica: collected in forest, Río Hondo, plains of Santa Clara, alt. 100 m. 1903-05-06, O.F. Cook & C.B. Doyle #573. Holotype: US-474437 US00102718.
- Alternanthera megaphylla (Standl.) Standl., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 8: 9. (1930)

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Central America Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. : 538
Standley, P.C. 1915. The application of the generic name Achyranthes. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 5: 72–76. BHL Reference page. : 74
Standley, P.C. 1917. Amaranthaceae. pp. 95–169. In: North American Flora. Vol. 21, Part 2. The New York Botanical Garden. BHL Reference page. : 141
Standley, P.C. 1930. Studies of American plants – III. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 8(1): 3–73. BHL. Reference page. : 9

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