Alternanthera nodiflora

Alternanthera nodiflora

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 nodiflora

Name

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

• Type: Australia: [East Coast. Broad Sound.] 1802–1805, Brown R. #s.n. Type: BM BM001015779; Isotypes: E E00279928 P P00622600.

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

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Alternanthera sessilis var. nodiflora (R.Br.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 540. (1891)
  • Alternanthera triandra var. nodiflora (R.Br.) Maiden & Betche, Census N.S.W. Pl.: 73 (1916)
• Heterotypic
  • Alternanthera nodiflora var. linearifolia Moq.,A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 356 (1849)
  • Alternanthera sennii Mattei, Boll. Ort. Bot. Palermo 9: 21 (1910).

Distribution

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

References

• Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. pp. i–viii + 145–590, Londini: R.Taylor. BHL Reference page. : 417
• 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. : 540
• Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. 1916. A Census of New South Wales Plants. Sydney, W.A. Gullick. 216 p. Online. Reference page. : 73

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera nodiflora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 22. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera nodiflora. 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. 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera nodiflora. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 22 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera nodiflora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Oct. 2019.