Alternanthera ficoidea

Alternanthera ficoidea

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 ficoidea Varietates: A. f. var. bettzickiana – A. f. var. ficoidea

Name

Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P.Beauv., Fl. Oware 2: 66, t. 99, fig. 1. (1818), nom. cons., as "ficoïdes"

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Gomphrena ficoidea L., Sp. Pl. 1: 225. (1753), nom. cons.
    • Type locality: "Habitat in America meridionali."
    • Holotype: LINN LINN 290.23, conserved type.
• Homotypic
  • Achyranthes ficoidea (L.) Lam., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 1(2): 548. (1785)
  • Alternanthera ficoidea R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 417. (1810), nom. inval. (comb. inval.)
  • Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl., (London ed.) 39(1): Alternanthera no. 8. (1818), isonym
  • Alternanthera polygonoides var. ficoidea (L.) M.Gómez, Anales Inst. Segunda Enseñ. 2: 313. (1896)
  • Bucholzia ficoidea (L.) Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 52. (1826)
  • Illecebrum ficoideum (L.) , Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1: 300. (1762), nom. cons.
  • Paronychia ficoidea (L.) Desf., Tabl. École Bot. 44. 1804; ed. 2, 54. (1815) (1804)
  • Steiremis ficoidea (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 41. (1837)
  • Telanthera ficoidea (L.) Moq. in A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 363. (1849)
• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
  • Alternanthera brachiata hort. ex Moq. in A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 304. (1849), nom. inval. in syn. of Aerva brachiata
  • Alternanthera ficoidea var. brachiata (Moq.) Uline & W.L.Bray, Bot. Gaz. 20: 453. (1895)
  • Alternanthera ficoidea var. diffusa (Mart.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 539. (1891)
  • Alternanthera flavogrisea subsp. diffusa (Mart.) Mears ex E.Fourn.
  • Alternanthera ficoidea var. erecta (Mart.) Pedersen, Darwiniana 14: 434. (1967).
  • Alternanthera ficoidea var. radicans (Mart.) Pedersen, Darwiniana 14: 434. (1967).
  • Alternanthera polygonoides var. diffusa (Mart.) Hicken, Apuntes Hist. Nat. 2: 95. (1910)
  • Alternanthera polygonoides var. glabrescens Griseb., Fl. Brit. W.I.: 67. (1859)
  • Alternanthera tenella Colla, Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino 23: 131, t. 9. (1829)
  • Alternanthera triandra Steud., Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 33, 34. (1821). (later homonym of Alternanthera triandra Lam., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 1(1): 95 (1783).)
  • Bucholzia brachiata Schrad. ex Seub., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 5(1): 173. (1875)
  • Bucholzia polygonoides var. erecta Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 2(1): 51. (1826)
  • Bucholzia polygonoides var. radicans Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 2(1): 51. (1826)
  • Illecebrum tenellum hort ex Moq. in A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 355. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Paronychia tenella (Colla) Desf., Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3 (Cat. Pl. Horti Paris.) 407. (1829)
  • Telanthera polygonoides var. radicans (Mart.) Moq. in A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 364. (1849)

Homonyms

• Alternanthera ficoidea Griseb., Fl. Brit. W.I.: 67. (1859), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Tropical (introduced) Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, India. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, Vietnam. Continental: Australasia (introduced) Regional: Australia Queensland. Continental: Northern America (introduced) Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Nicaragua, Paraguay Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos (introduced). Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1807–1820. Flore d'Oware et de Bénin, en Afrique. Tome Second. 95 pp. p. LVI–CXX. Paris. BHL Bibliotheca Digital Reference page. : 66, t. 99, fig. 1.
• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 225. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera ficoidea 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 ficoidea. 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 ficoidea. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 10 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera ficoidea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Oct. 2019.

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