Alternanthera flavescens

Alternanthera flavescens
Alternanthera flavescens

Taxonavigation

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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 flavescens

Name

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Alternanthera flavescens Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 207. (qu.) (1818)

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Illecebrum flavescens (Kunth) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 819. (1824)
    • Mogiphanes flavescens (Kunth) Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 36. (1826)
    • Telanthera flavescens (Kunth) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 382. (1849)
  • Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
    • Achyranthes capituliflora Bertero ex Colla, Hortus Ripul. [Colla] 4 ( t. 18) (1824).
    • Achyranthes dioica Pav. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 350 (1849), nom. inval. in syn. of Alternanthera flavescens (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Moq.
    • Alternanthera capituliflora (Bertero ex Colla) Schinz, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 16c: 76 (1934).
    • Alternanthera floridana (Chapm.) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small]. 396, 1330 (1903).
    • Telanthera capituliflora (Bertero ex Colla) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 381 (1849).
    • Telanthera floridana Chapm.,Fl. South. U.S. 383 (1860).

Homonyms

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Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Southeast
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Belize
    • Caribbean
      • Leeward Is., Windward Is.
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast
    • Southern South America
      • Paraguay

Introduced into Dominican Republic, Florida, Trinidad-Tobago.


References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Primary references

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