Alternanthera nana

Alternanthera nana

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 nana

Name

Alternanthera nana R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 417. (1810)

• Type locality: Australia, East Coast.
• Holotype: Robert Brown #s.n. Repository BM?. Isotype: BM001015777.

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

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Illecebrum nanum (R.Br.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 819. (1824)
• Heterotypic (ref. Australian Plant Name Index)
  • Alternanthera nana var. major Benth., Fl. Austral. 5: 250. (1870)
  • Alternanthera major (Benth.) Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 89: 88. (1921)
  • Alternanthera nana var. robusta O.D.Evans, Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains (1962). nom. inval.

Homonyms

• Alternanthera nana F.Bauer ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 341. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Australasia Australia Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. pp. i–viii + 145–590, Londini: R.Taylor. BHL Reference page. : 417
• Bentham, G. & Mueller, F.J.H. v. 1870. Flora Australiensis: a description of the plants of the Australian territory. Volume 5. Myoporineae to Proteaceae. 599 pp., London, L. Reeve & co. BHLReference page. : 250

Links

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) 2019. Alternanthera nana Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian National Botanic Gardens & Australian National Herbarium. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 16.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera nana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 16. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera nana. 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. 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera nana. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 16 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera nana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Oct. 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Hairy Joyweed

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