Alternanthera obovata

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 obovata

Name

Alternanthera obovata (M.Martens & Galeotti) Millsp., Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 1: 360. (1898)

• basionym citation indirect through basionym author

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Bucholzia obovata M.Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10: 348. (1843)
    • Type locality: Mexico: "...sur les rochers arides et volcaniques de la barranca de los Baños, près des sources thermales d'Acasonica, à une dizaine de lieues de Vera Cruz, région chaude de la côte."
    • Type: Mexico, 1840, Galeotti H.G. #444 . Holotype: BR BR0000006950422 (#440); Isotype: G.
• Homotypic
  • Telanthera obovata (M.Martens & Galeotti) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 370. (1849)
  • Achyranthes obovata (M.Martens & Galeotti) Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 74. (1915)
  • Alternanthera obovata (M.Martens & Galeotti) Standl., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 8(1): 9. (1930), isonym
• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Gomphrena procumbens Pav. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 370. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Southern America Central America Belize, Honduras References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Millspaugh, C.F. 1898. Third contribution to the coastal and plain flora of Yucatan. Publications of the Field Columbian Museum. Botanical Series 1(4): 345–410. BHL Reference page. : 360
• Martens, M. & Galeotti, H.G. 1843. Enumeratio synoptica plantarum phanerogamicarum ab Henrico Galeotti in regionibus Mexicanis collectarum. Bulletins de l’Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles 10(1): 110–134 BHL, 208–224 BHL, 341–361 BHL. Reference page. : 348
• 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. : 370
• Standley, P.C. 1915. The application of the generic name Achyranthes. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 5: 72–76. BHL Reference page. : 74

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera obovata 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 obovata. 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 obovata. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 16 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera obovata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Oct. 2019.