Alternanthera halimifolia

Alternanthera halimifolia

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 halimifolia

Name

Alternanthera halimifolia (Lam.) Standl. ex Pittier, Man. Pl. Usual. Venez. 145. (1926)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Achyranthes halimifolia Lam., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 1(2): 547. (1785)
    • Type: Peru. Lima. In aridis. Dombey J. #s.n. Type (Holo?): BM BM000993108: Isotypes: G G00236830, P P00622547, P00622548, P00622549.
• Homotypic
  • Alternanthera ficoidea var. halimifolia (Lam.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 539. (1891)
  • Telanthera halimifolia (Lam.) A.Stewart, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. ser. 4, 1: 58. (1911)
• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
  • Adoketon maritimum Raf., Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 1(6): 438. (1817)
  • Adoketon saxatile Raf., Mus. N. Sc. 1; New Fl. Am. i. 65. (1836)
  • Alternanthera ficoidea var. flavogrisea (Urb.) Fawc. & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica [Fawcett & Rendle] 3: 140. (1914)
  • Alternanthera flavogrisea (Urb.) Urb., Symb. Antill. (Urban). 5(2): 340. (1907)
  • Alternanthera frutescens R.Br. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 819. (1824), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Alternanthera halimifolia subsp. macrophylla J.T.Howell, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. ser. 4, 21: 112. (1933)
  • Alternanthera tenella subsp. flavogrisea (Urb.) Mears & Veldkamp, Taxon 27(2-3): 313. (1978)
  • Bucholzia frutescens (L'Hér.) Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 52, in obs. (1826)
  • Celosia peruviana Van Spand. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 365. (1849), nom. inval. in syn. (non Celosia peruviana Zuccagni, Cent. Observ. Bot. [p. 21] No. 51. 1806)
  • Gomphrena ficoidea Jacq., Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 88. (1763), (non Gomphrena ficoidea L., Sp. Pl. 1: 225. (1753), nom. cons.)
  • Telanthera densiflora Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 366. (1849)
  • Telanthera flavogrisea Urb., Symb. Antill. (Urban). 1(2): 300. (1899)
  • Telanthera frutescens (L'Hér.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 365. (1849)
  • Telanthera frutescens var. acutifolia Moq.. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 366. (1849)
  • Illecebrum alsinefolium Scop., Delic. Fl. Faun. Insubr. 3: 27. (1788)
  • Illecebrum frutescens L'Hér., Stirp. Nov. 75. t. 34. (1788)
  • Illecebrum limense hort. Paris ex Dum.Cours., Bot. Cult. 1: 646. (1802)
  • Paronychia frutescens (L'Hér.) Desf., Tabl. École Bot. 41. (1804)
• (+ ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Achyranthes frutescens (L'Hér.) Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 74. (1915)
  • Achyranthes incana Pav. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 365. (1849), nom. inval. in syn. (non Achyranthes incana Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 671. 1820)
  • Alternanthera polygonoides var. elongata Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 44: 37. (1938) (considered as a synonym of Alternanthera kurtzii by Govaerts 2019)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast Southern America Central America Belize, Panamá Caribbean Aruba, Cuba, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Windward Is. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname Western South America Colombia, Galápagos, Peru Southern South America Chile North Introduced into Puerto Rico. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pittier, H.F. 1926. Manual de las plantas usuales de Venezuela. 458 pp. Caracas: Litografía del Comercio. Reference page. : 145
• Lamarck, J.-B. 1783–1785. Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique. Tome 1. XLIV+752 pp. Panckoucke, Paris; Plomteux, Liége. BHL Reference page. : 547

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera halimifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 11. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera halimifolia. 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. 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera halimifolia. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 11 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera halimifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Oct. 2019.

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