Alternanthera elongata

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 elongata

Name

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

Synonyms

• 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

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

References

Primary references

• Schinz, H. 1934. Amarantaceae, in: Engler, A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (eds.): Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, ed.2. 16c, Engelmann, Leipzig: 7–85, 585–586. Reference page. : 75
• Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. 1819. Caroli a Linné equitis Systema Vegetabilium secundum classes ordines genera species. Cum characteribus, differentiis et synonymiis. Editio nova, speciebus inde ab editione XV. detectis aucta et locupletata. Vol. 5. VIII+LII+632 pp., corr. Sumtibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgardtiae [Stuttgart]. BHL Reference page. : 542
• 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. : 372

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera elongata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 09. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera elongata. 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. 09. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera elongata. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 09 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera elongata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Oct. 2019.