Alternanthera olivacea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Alternanthera olivacea (Urb.) Urb., Symb. Antill. (Urban). 5(2): 340. (1907)

Basionym
- Telanthera olivacea Urb., Symb. Antill. (Urban). 1(2): 302. (1899)
  - Type locality: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
  - Type: Near Brighton (southern end of the Island). Smith, H.H. & Smith, G.W. #1595. Isotype: K K000582974.
  - Syntype: Mustique Island. Smith, G.W. #G14. K000582976
Homotypic
- Achyranthes olivacea (Urb.) Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 74. (1915)
Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
- Alternanthera arnoldiana Stoffers, Acta Bot. Neerl. 12: 73. (1963)

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Caribbean Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. Northern South America Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Urban, I. (ed.) 1904–1908. Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis. Vol. V. 555 pp. Fratres Borntraeger, Lipsiae [Leipzig]; Paul Klincksieck, Parisiis [Paris]; Williams & Norgate, Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. : 340
Urban, I. (ed.) 1898–1900. Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis. Vol. I. 536 pp. Fratres Borntraeger, Berolini [Berlin]; Paul Klincksieck, Parisiis [Paris]; Williams & Norgate, Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. : 302
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
Stoffers, A.L. 1963. A new species of Alternanthera from Curaçao, Neth. Ant. Acta Botanica Neerlandica 12: 73–75. DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1963.tb00107.x . Reference page. : 73

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