Alternanthera helleri

Taxonavigation

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

Alternanthera helleri (B.L.Rob.) J.T.Howell, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. ser. 4, 21: 109. (1933)

Basionym
- Telanthera helleri B.L.Rob., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 38: 138, pl. 1, figs. 5-7. (1902)
  - Type: Ecuador. Culpepper [Darwin] Island. 1898-12-10, R.E. Snodgrass & E. Heller #1. Holotype: GH GH00037147.
Homotypic
- Achyranthes helleri (B.L.Rob.) Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 74. (1915)
Heterotypic
- Telanthera helleri var. obtusior B.L.Rob., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 38: 139. (1902)
  - Type: Ecuador. Wenman [Wolf] Island. 1898-12-14, R.E. Snodgrass & E. Heller #7. Holotype: GH00037148.

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Western South America Galápagos References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Howell, J.T. 1933. The Amaranthaceae of the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, 21: 87–116. BHL Reference page. : 109
Robinson, B.L. 1902. Flora of the Galapagos Islands (Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University. New Series – no. XXIV: Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford expedition to the Galapagos Islands). Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 38(4): 77–270. JSTOR BHL Reference page. : 138, 139, pl. 1, figs. 5-7
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

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera helleri 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 helleri. 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 helleri. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 11 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera helleri. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Oct. 2019.

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