Alternanthera praelonga

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 praelonga

Varietates: A. p. var. australis – A. p. var. praelonga

Name

Alternanthera praelonga A.St.-Hil., Voy. Distr. Diam. 2(2): 409. (1833)

• Type locality: Brazil: Prov. Rio de Janeiro, Plage voisines du Cap Frio.
• Type: 1816–1821, Saint-Hilaire A. de #B2-219. Holotype: P P00622541; Isotypes: P00622542, P00622543, PH PH00002156 #s.n.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Achyranthes praelonga (A.St.-Hil.) Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 74. (1915)
  • Telanthera praelonga (A.St.-Hil.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 369. (1849)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Brazil (coastal): Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Saint-Hilaire, A. de 1833. Voyage dans le district des diamans et sur le littoral du Brésil, suivi de note sur quelques plantes caractéristiques et d'un précis de l'historie des révolutions de l'empire brésilien, depuis le commencement du règne de Jean vi jusqu'à l'abdication de D. Pedro. Seconde Partie. pp. [i–iii], [1]–457. Paris: Librarie-Gide. Hathitrust] Reference page. : 409
• 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
• 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. : 369

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera praelonga 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 praelonga. 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 praelonga. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 17 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera praelonga. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Oct. 2019.