Alternanthera geniculata

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 geniculata

Name

Alternanthera geniculata Urb., Symb. Antill. (Urban). 7(2): 211. (1912)

• Type: Dominican Republic; Sto. Domingo austr., prope Barahona. 1910, Fuertes, M. #427. Type: B B 10 0242317; Isotypes: BR BR0000006950767, M M0241684.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Achyranthes geniculata (Urb.) Moscoso, Cat. Fl. Domingensis 1: 175. (1943)
  • Achyranthes urbanii Standl., J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74. (1915), as "urbani", nom. nov. (non Achyranthes geniculata Pav. ex Moq. 1849, nom. inval. in syn.)
  • Alternanthera urbanii (Standl.) Urb., Symb. Antill. 8: 754. (1921), as "urbani"

Homonyms

• Alternanthera geniculata (S.Moore) R.E.Fr., Ark. Bot. 16(12): 18. (1920), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Caribbean Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Urban, I. (ed.) 1911–1913. Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis. Vol. VII. 580 pp. Fratres Borntraeger, Lipsiae [Leipzig]; Paul Klincksieck, Parisiis [Paris]; Williams & Norgate, Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. : 211
• 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 geniculata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 11. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera geniculata. 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. 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera geniculata. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 11 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera geniculata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Oct. 2019.