Alternanthera maritima
original description as Bucholzia maritima

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 maritima

Name

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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

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  • 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

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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

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Primary references

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