Alternanthera porrigens

Alternanthera porrigens

as Achyranthes porrigens in Jacquin 1798, plate 350

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 porrigens

Varietates: A. p. var. mearsii – A. p. var. piurensis – A. p. var. porrigens

Name

Alternanthera porrigens (Jacq.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 538. (1891)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Achyranthes porrigens Jacq., Pl. Rar. Hort. Schoenbr. 3: 54. (1798)
    • Type: [cultivated in hort Schönbrunn, unknown origin]. Plate 350.
    • Type?: Peru: Peruvia, Huanuco. 1778-88, Ruiz López, H. & J.A. Pavón y Jiménez #s.n. Isotype: G00236810.
• Homotypic
  • Brandesia porrigens (Jacq.) Mart., Beitr. Amarantac. 106. (1825)
  • Telanthera porrigens (Jacq.) Endl., Cat. Horti Vindob. 1: 265. (1842) (basionym not stated).
  • Telanthera porrigens (Jacq.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 377. (1849)
• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Achyranthes atra Pav. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 372. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Achyranthes purpurea Pav. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 377. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Alternanthera elongata var. nigriceps (Hook.) Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 299. (1934)
  • Alternanthera fastigiata Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 52. (1937)
  • Alternanthera gomphrenoides Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 208. (1818)
  • Alternanthera junciflora (J.Rémy) I.M.Johnst. Contr. Gray Herb. 85: 32. (1929)
  • Alternanthera nigriceps Hook., Bot. Misc. 2: 237. (1831)
  • Alternanthera sericea Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 207. (1818)
  • Celosia elongata Spreng., in Schrad. Journ. (1800) II. 196.
  • Celosia peruviana Zuccagni, Cent. Observ. Bot. [p. 21] No. 51. (1806)
  • Gomphrena fruticosa hort. ex Moq.Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 377. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Gomphrena fulgens hort. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 377. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Gomphrena purpurea hort. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 377. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Gomphrena sericea (Kunth) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 385. (1849), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Gomphrena sericea Hoffmanns. ex Willd. 1819).
  • Gomphrena trichotoma hort. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 377. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Illecebrum gomphrenoides (Kunth) Willd. ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 516. (1819)
  • Illecebrum paniculatum (Kunth) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 819. (1824) (see Alternanthera paniculata)
  • Illecebrum sericeum (Kunth) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 819. (1824)
  • Mogiphanes paniculata Rusby, Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 503. (1910)
  • Telanthera elongata var. nigriceps Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 372. (1849)
  • Telanthera gomphrenoides (Kunth) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 377. (1849)
  • Telanthera gomphrenoides var. ovata Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 378. (1849)
  • Telanthera junciflora J.Remy, Fl. Chil. [Gay] 5(2): 224. (1849)
  • Telanthera luzuloides Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 378. (1849)
  • Telanthera paniculata (Kunth) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 377. (1849) (see Alternanthera paniculata)
  • Telanthera riveti Danguy & Cherm., Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 28: 438. (1922)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Southern South America Chile Central, Chile North References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. : 538
• Jacquin, N.J. 1798. Plantarum Rariorum Horti Caesarei Schoenbrunnensis Descriptiones et Icones. Vol. 3. 80 pp., pl. 252–400, Viennae: C.F. Wappler. BHL Reference page. : 54, t. 350
• 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. : 372, 377, 378

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera porrigens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 17. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera porrigens. 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. 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera porrigens. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 17 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera porrigens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Oct. 2019.

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