Alternanthera pulchella

Taxonavigation

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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 pulchella

Name

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Alternanthera pulchella Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 205. (1818)

  • Type locality: Venezuela: "Crescit prope confluentem Apures et Orinoci in arenosis".
  • Type: [F.W.H.A. von Humboldt &] Bonpland, A. #822. Lectotype: P P00136009; Isotypes: #s.n. F F0040543F, H H1331837, #822 P00136010.

Synonyms

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  • Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
    • Alternanthera pulchella var. versicolor (Lem.) M.R.Almeida, Fl. Maharashtra 4A: 202. (2003)
    • Illecebrum diffusum Willd. ex Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 516. (1819)
      • Type locality: "ad Orinoccam".
  • (+ ref. Govaerts 2019, considered as synoynm of Alternanthera bettzickiana by Hassler 2019)
    • Alternanthera tenella var. versicolor (Lem.) Veldkamp, Taxon 30: 208. (1981)
    • Alternanthera versicolor (Lem.) Regel, Gartenflora 18: 101. (1869)
    • Alternanthera ficoidea var. versicolor (Lem.) L.B.Sm. & Downs, Fl. Ilustr. Catarin. [Amara]: 62. (1972).
    • Telanthera ficoidea var. versicolor Lem., Ill. Hort. 12: t. 440. (1865)
    • Telanthera versicolor (Lem.) Regel, Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1868: 83. (1869)

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Southern America
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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