Alternanthera halimifolia

Alternanthera halimifolia

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 halimifolia

Name

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Alternanthera halimifolia (Lam.) Standl. ex Pittier, Man. Pl. Usual. Venez. 145. (1926)

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
  • Homotypic
    • Alternanthera ficoidea var. halimifolia (Lam.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 539. (1891)
    • Telanthera halimifolia (Lam.) A.Stewart, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. ser. 4, 1: 58. (1911)
  • Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
    • Adoketon maritimum Raf., Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 1(6): 438. (1817)
    • Adoketon saxatile Raf., Mus. N. Sc. 1; New Fl. Am. i. 65. (1836)
    • Alternanthera ficoidea var. flavogrisea (Urb.) Fawc. & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica [Fawcett & Rendle] 3: 140. (1914)
    • Alternanthera flavogrisea (Urb.) Urb., Symb. Antill. (Urban). 5(2): 340. (1907)
    • Alternanthera frutescens R.Br. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 819. (1824), nom. inval. in syn.
    • Alternanthera halimifolia subsp. macrophylla J.T.Howell, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. ser. 4, 21: 112. (1933)
    • Alternanthera tenella subsp. flavogrisea (Urb.) Mears & Veldkamp, Taxon 27(2-3): 313. (1978)
    • Bucholzia frutescens (L'Hér.) Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 52, in obs. (1826)
    • Celosia peruviana Van Spand. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 365. (1849), nom. inval. in syn. (non Celosia peruviana Zuccagni, Cent. Observ. Bot. [p. 21] No. 51. 1806)
    • Gomphrena ficoidea Jacq., Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 88. (1763), (non Gomphrena ficoidea L., Sp. Pl. 1: 225. (1753), nom. cons.)
    • Telanthera densiflora Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 366. (1849)
    • Telanthera flavogrisea Urb., Symb. Antill. (Urban). 1(2): 300. (1899)
    • Telanthera frutescens (L'Hér.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 365. (1849)
    • Telanthera frutescens var. acutifolia Moq.. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 366. (1849)
    • Illecebrum alsinefolium Scop., Delic. Fl. Faun. Insubr. 3: 27. (1788)
    • Illecebrum frutescens L'Hér., Stirp. Nov. 75. t. 34. (1788)
    • Illecebrum limense hort. Paris ex Dum.Cours., Bot. Cult. 1: 646. (1802)
    • Paronychia frutescens (L'Hér.) Desf., Tabl. École Bot. 41. (1804)
  • (+ ref. Hassler 2019)
    • Achyranthes frutescens (L'Hér.) Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 74. (1915)
    • Achyranthes incana Pav. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 365. (1849), nom. inval. in syn. (non Achyranthes incana Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 671. 1820)
    • Alternanthera polygonoides var. elongata Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 44: 37. (1938) (considered as a synonym of Alternanthera kurtzii by Govaerts 2019)

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Belize, Panamá
    • Caribbean
      • Aruba, Cuba, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Windward Is.
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname
    • Western South America
      • Colombia, Galápagos, Peru
    • Southern South America
      • Chile North

Introduced into Puerto Rico.


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

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Primary references

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