Alternanthera elongata

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Taxonavigation edit

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 elongata

Name edit

Alternanthera elongata (Willd. ex Schult.) Schinz, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 16c: 75. (1934)

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Gomphrena elongata Willd. ex Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 542. (1819)
      • Type: [Southern America]; no date F.W.H.A. von Humboldt #VII. Holotype: B; Isotype: F F0BN003231.
  • Homotypic
    • Achyranthes elongata (Willd. ex Schult.) Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 74. (1915)
    • Brandesia elongata (Willd. ex Schult.) Mart., Beitr. Amarantac. 105. n. 4. (1825)
    • Telanthera elongata (Willd. ex Schult.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 372. (1849)
  • Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019,)
    • Alternanthera elongata f. minor Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 299. (1934)
  • (considered as synonym of Alternanthera porrigens by Hassler 2019)
    • Achyranthes atra Pav. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 372. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
    • Alternanthera elongata var. nigriceps (Moq.) Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 299. (1934)
    • Telanthera elongata var. nigriceps Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 372. (1849)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Southern America
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North

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

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