Alternanthera maritima

Alternanthera maritima

original description as Bucholzia maritima

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 maritima

Name

Alternanthera maritima (Mart.) A.St.-Hil., Voy. Distr. Diam. 2: 437. (1833)

Accepted by Hassler 2019. Considered as a synonym of Alternanthera littoralis by Govaerts 2019.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Bucholzia maritima Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 50, t. 147. (1826).
    • Type: Brazil. In aren. maritimis prope Ilha de Chiqueiro, Camamú, Ilheos. Provinciae Bahiensis. Martius, C.F.P. von #Obs. 2088. Type: M M0241626.
• Homotypic
  • Achyranthes maritima (Mart.) Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 74. (1915)
  • Alternanthera maritima (Mart.) D.Dietr., Syn. Pl. 1: 867. (1839) (isonym)
  • Alternanthera littoralis var. maritima (Mart.) Pedersen, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia Sér. 4, 12(1): 71. (1990)
  • Illecebrum maritimum (Mart.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(2, Cur. Post.): 103. (1827)
  • Telanthera maritima (Mart.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 364. (1849)
  • Alternanthera maritima var. parvifolia A.St.-Hil., Voy. Distr. Diam. 2: 438. (1833), nom. illeg. (= var. maritima)
  • Telanthera maritima var. parvifolia (A.St.-Hil.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 365. (1849), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Alternanthera ficoidea Griseb., Fl. Brit. W.I. [Grisebach] 67 (1859), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P.Beauv. 1818)
  • Celosia arenaria Salzm. ex Seub., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 5(1): 170. (1875), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Celosia stolonifera Lepr. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 365. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Alternanthera maritima var. communis A.St.-Hil., Voy. Distr. Diam. 2: 437. (1833)
  • Alternanthera maritima var. concatenata A.St.-Hil., Voy. Distr. Diam. 2: 438. (1833)
  • Telanthera maritima var. communis (A.St.-Hil.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 365. (1849)
  • Telanthera maritima var. concatenata (A.St.-Hil.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 365. (1849)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Southeastern U.S.A. Florida Southern America Caribbean Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic Northern South America French Guiana? Brazil NE-Brazil (Piaui, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe), SE-Brazil (Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), S-Brazil (Santa Catarina) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Dietrich, D. 1839. Synopsis plantarum: seu, Enumeratio systematica plantarum plerumque adhuc cognitarum cum differentiis specificis et synonymis selectis ad modum Persoonii elaborata. Tomus 1. pp. 1–879. Vimariae: B. F. Voigtii. BHL Reference page. : 867
• Martius, C.F.P. de 1826. Nova genera et species plantarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII–MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi suscepto collegit et descripsit Dr. C. F. P. de Martius ..., vol. 2. Pp. 1–148, tt. 101–200. Typis C. Wolf, Monachii [Munich]. BHL Reference page. : 50, t. 147
• 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. : 364, 365
• Pedersen, T.M. 1990. Studies in South American Amaranthaceae III. (including one amphi-Atlantic species). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section B, Adansonia: Botanique Phytochemie 12(1): 69–97. BHL Reference page. : 71
• Saint-Hilaire, A. de 1833. Voyage dans le district des diamans et sur le littoral du Brésil, suivi de note sur quelques plantes caractéristiques et d'un précis de l'historie des révolutions de l'empire brésilien, depuis le commencement du règne de Jean vi jusqu'à l'abdication de D. Pedro. Seconde Partie. pp. [i–iii], [1]–457. Paris: Librarie-Gide. Hathitrust] Reference page. : 437

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera maritima in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 15. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera maritima. 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. 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera maritima. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 15 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera maritima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Oct. 2019.

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