- Family:
- Amaranthaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Alternanthera Forssk.
Alternanthera brasiliana (L.) Kuntze

[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- escancé gigante, penicilina, veterina
[UPB]
The Useful Plants of Boyacá project
- Ecology
- Alt. 0 - 2500 m.
- Morphology General Habit
- Herb.
- Distribution
- Naturalised in Colombia.
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Naturalizada en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 2500 m.; Andes, Llanura del Caribe, Valle del Cauca.
- Morphology General Habit
- Hierba
- Conservation
- No Evaluada
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean. Elevation range: 0–2500 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Bogotá DC, Bolívar, Boyacá, Cauca, Cesar, Huila, Magdalena, Norte de Santander, Valle del Cauca.
- Habit
- Herb.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
- Vernacular
- Escancé gigante, Iscancel chiquito
Native to:
Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
Introduced into:
Andaman Is., Assam, Benin, Cambodia, Cameroon, Comoros, East Himalaya, Florida, Gambia, Hawaii, Jawa, Malaya, Marquesas, Pitcairn Is., Society Is., South China Sea, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is.
- Achyranthes brasiliana (L.) Standl.
- Alternanthera brasiliana f. angustifolia Kuntze
- Alternanthera brasiliana f. bicolor Kuntze
- Alternanthera brasiliana var. glabriuscula Kuntze
- Alternanthera brasiliana var. longiseta Suess.
- Alternanthera brasiliana f. obtusifolia Kuntze
- Alternanthera brasiliana f. rubicunda Kuntze
- Alternanthera brasiliana var. sericea Kuntze
- Alternanthera brasiliana var. straminea (Mart.) Suess.
- Alternanthera dentata Scheygr.
- Alternanthera dentata f. pubescens Suess.
- Alternanthera dentata f. rubiginosa Suess.
- Alternanthera moquinii var. grandiceps Suess.
- Alternanthera straminea (Mart.) Suess.
- Caraxeron brasiliense Raf.
- Gomphrena brasiliana L.
- Gomphrena brasiliensis L.
- Gomphrena brasiliensis Jacq.
- Gomphrena dentata Moench
- Mogiphanes brasiliensis Mart.
- Mogiphanes straminea Mart.
- Philoxerus brasiliana (L.) Sm.
- Philoxerus brasiliensis (L.) R.Br. ex Sweet
- Psilotrichum malaccense Suess.
- Telanthera brasiliana (L.) Moq.
- Telanthera brasiliensis Endl.
- Telanthera dentata Moq.
- Spanish
- Iscancel chiquito, escancé gigante.
Alternanthera brasiliana (L.) Kuntze appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 1, 2008 | Henicka, G.S. [34], Mato Grosso | K000578453 | Yes | ||
Jun 1, 2007 | Darbyshire, I. [4], Cameroon | K000190757 | No | ||
May 1, 2001 | Etuge, M. [1776], Cameroon | K000051089 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1988 | Cid Ferreira, C.A. [4763], Brazil | K001207312 | Yes | ||
Boland, G. [s.n.], Brazil | K001207288 | Yes | |||
Lima, L. [342], Brazil | K001207301 | Yes | |||
Fonseca, W.N. [376], Brazil | K001207336 | Yes | |||
Riedel [1677], Brazil | K001207362 | Yes | |||
Burchell [755], Brazil | K001207368 | Yes | |||
Silva, G.P. [2426], Brazil | K001207283 | Yes | |||
Ball, J. [s.n.], Brazil | K001207367 | Yes | |||
Silva, M. [2235], Brazil | K001207304 | Yes | |||
Glaziou, A. [10014], Brazil | K001207325 | Yes | |||
Spruce, R. [824], Brazil | K001207316 | Yes | |||
Prance, G.T. [5880], Brazil | K001207330 | Yes | |||
Forzza, R.C. [3181], Brazil | K001207281 | Yes | |||
Glocker [s.n.] | K001207363 | Yes | |||
Way, M.J. [SWM2426], Brazil | K001207285 | Yes | |||
Nascimento, M.S.B. [28], Brazil | K001207299 | Yes | |||
Salzmann [s.n.], Brazil | K001207364 | Yes | |||
Glocker [s.n.], Brazil | K001207365 | Yes | |||
Lowe, J. [4281], Brazil | K001207309 | Yes | |||
Nascimento, M.S. [529], Brazil | K001207300 | Yes | |||
Burchell [825], Brazil | K001207369 | Yes | |||
Harley, R.M. [20522], Brazil | K001207335 | Yes | |||
Eiten, G. [4460], Brazil | K001207305 | Yes | |||
Alcoforado, F.G. [482], Brazil | K001207282 | Yes | |||
Archer, W.A. [7709], Brazil | K001207290 | Yes | |||
Burchell, W.J. [8817], Brazil | K001207328 | Yes | |||
Burchell [7215], Brazil | K001207323 | Yes | |||
Preston, T.A. [s.n.], Brazil | K001207327 | Yes | |||
Orlandi, R. [PCD635], Brazil | K001207280 | Yes | |||
Riedel [137], Brazil | K001207361 | Yes | |||
Burchell [9006], Brazil | K001207322 | Yes | |||
Bolland [12], Brazil | K001207292 | Yes | |||
Forero, E. [7052], Brazil | K001207303 | Yes | |||
Gardner [2295], Brazil | K001207307 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [1852], Brazil | K001207321 | Yes | |||
Lemos, J.R. [177], Brazil | K001207279 | Yes | |||
Burchell [7315], Brazil | K001207329 | Yes | |||
Goodenough [s.n.] | K001207326 | Yes | |||
Melo, R. [1403], Brazil | K001207284 | Yes | |||
Regnell, A.F. [III/214], Brazil | K001207357 | Yes | |||
Williams, L.O. [7133], Brazil | K001207289 | Yes | |||
Ratter, J.A. [6340], Brazil | K001207314 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [s.n.], Brazil | K001207317 | Yes | |||
Miers, J. [3619], Brazil | K001207356 | Yes | |||
Spruce, R. [s.n.], Brazil | K001207331 | Yes | |||
Pirani, J.R. [CFCR 1918], Brazil | K001207311 | Yes | |||
Gardner [s.n.], Brazil | K001207324 | Yes | |||
Teixeira, L.O.A. [364], Brazil | K001207287 | Yes | |||
Claussen [s.n.], Brazil | K001207366 | Yes | |||
Giulietti, A.M. [CFCR/1227], Brazil | K001207310 | Yes | |||
Harley, R.M. [20842], Brazil | K001207334 | Yes | |||
Stutts, J.G. [812], Brazil | K001207337 | Yes | |||
Ball, J. [s.n.], Brazil | K001207358 | Yes | |||
Eiten, G. [4077/B], Brazil | K001207306 | Yes | |||
Irwin, H.S. [48770], Brazil | K001207313 | Yes | |||
Gardner [2295], Brazil | K001207308 | Yes | |||
Appun, C. [1665], Guyana | K001207319 | Yes | |||
Ule, E. [9034], Brazil | K001207295 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [s.n.], Brazil | K001207359 | Yes | |||
Alcoforado, F.G. [316], Brazil | K001207297 | Yes | |||
Riedel [25], Brazil | K001207360 | Yes | |||
Traill, J.W.H. [695], Brazil | K001207318 | Yes | |||
Irwin, H.S. [22837], Brazil | K001207302 | Yes | |||
Nascimento, M.S.B. [125], Brazil | K001207298 | Yes | |||
Nascimento, M.S.B. [35], Brazil | K001207296 | Yes | |||
Spruce, R. [s.n.], Brazil | K001207315 | Yes | |||
Krukoff, B.A. [1161], Brazil | K001207293 | Yes | |||
Fernandes, D. [79], Brazil | K001207291 | Yes | |||
Ule, E. [8116], Brazil | K001207294 | Yes | |||
Harley, R.M. [22708], Brazil | K001207333 | Yes | |||
Mori, S. [12847], Brazil | K001207332 | Yes |
First published in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 537 (1891)
Accepted by
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- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots' Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
- Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Florence, J. (2004). Flore de la Polynésie Française 2: 1-503. IRD editions, Paris.
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
- Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (1984). Flora of Bhutan 1(2): 189-462. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
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