Alternanthera flava

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 flava

Name

Alternanthera flava (L.) Mears, Taxon 29(1): 88. (1980)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Gomphrena flava L., Sp. Pl. 1: 224. (1753)
    • Type: "hort. Cliff 87. Habitat in Vera Cruce"
    • Lectotype: [Cultivated material from the garden of George Clifford III: Hartekamp Garden, Holland]. G. Clifford #s.n. Lectotype: BM BM000558214. Isotype: 1730, W, Houston #s.n. BM000993097.
• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, accepted as Alternanthera gracilis by Hassler 2019)
  • Achyranthes gracilis (M.Martens & Galeotti) Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 74. (1915)
  • Alternanthera gracilis (M.Martens & Galeotti) Loes., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 202. (1919)
  • Gomphrena gracilis M.Martens & Galeotti, in Bull. Acad. Brux. 10: 349. (1843)
  • Telanthera gracilis (M.Martens & Galeotti) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 375. (1849)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 224. Reference page. 
• Loesener, T. 1919. Mexikanische und zentralamerikanische Novitäten. VI. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 16: 200–212. DOI: 10.1002/fedr.19190161311 . BHL Reference page. : 202.
• Martens, M. & Galeotti, H.G. 1843. Enumeratio synoptica plantarum phanerogamicarum ab Henrico Galeotti in regionibus Mexicanis collectarum. Bulletins de l’Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles 10(1): 110–134 BHL, 208–224 BHL, 341–361 BHL. Reference page. : 349
• Mears, J.A. 1980. The Linnaean Species of Gomphrena L. (Amaranthaceae). Taxon 29(1): 85–95. DOI: 10.2307/1219601 . JSTOR . Reference page. : 88
• 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. : 375
• 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 flava in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 10. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera flava. 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. 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera flava. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 10 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera flava. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Oct. 2019.