Amaranthaceae
Alternanthera
Alternanthera brasiliana

Alternanthera brasiliana var. villosa (Moq.) Kuntze

First published in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 538 (1891)
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is SE. Mexico to NE. Argentina. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru

Introduced into:

Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Thailand

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bayón, N.D., Giuliano, D.A. & Bahima, J.V. (2022). Revisión taxonómica de las especies de Alternanthera (Amaranthaceae) del cono sur (Argentina, sur de Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y uruguay) y Bolivia. Annals from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 160-249. MBG press.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Alternanthera ramosissima.]
  • Ramos Senna, L., Giulietti, A.M. & Rapini, A. (2010). Flora da Bahia: Amaranthaceae - Amaranthoideae e Gomphrenoideae. Sitientibus Sérrie Ciências Biológicas 10: 3-73. [Cited as Alternanthera ramosissima.]
  • Sánchez-del Pino, I., Espadas, C. & Pool, R. (2013). Taxonomy and richness of nine genera of Amaranthaceae s.s. (Caryophyllales) in the Yucatan peninsula biotic province. Phytotaxa 107: 1-74. [Cited as Alternanthera ramosissima.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Bayón, N.D., Giuliano, D.A. & Bahima, J.V. (2022). Revisión taxonómica de las especies de Alternanthera (Amaranthaceae) del cono sur (Argentina, sur de Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y uruguay) y Bolivia. Annals from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 160-249. MBG press.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • T. Smitinand & K. Larsen, eds. (1987). Flora of Thailand 5: 1-470. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Belgrano, M.J. (eds.) (2020). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 19(1): 1-378. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 1976 s.coll. [200] Brazil K000582988 Type Yes
Feb 1, 1976 Schomburgk [117] Guyana K001207352 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 1, 1976 Martius, C.F.P., von [200] Brazil K001207353 Type Yes
Riedel [2338] Brazil K001207344 Yes
Glaziou [11430] Brazil K001207340 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [21556] Brazil K001207382 Yes
Gardner [104] Brazil K001207355 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K001207348 Yes
Hooker [s.n.] Brazil K001207345 Yes
Glaziou, A. [11418] Brazil K001207339 Yes
Hage, J.L. [1339] Brazil K001207374 Yes
Euponino, A. [525] Brazil K001207375 Yes
Boog [s.n.] Brazil K001207343 Yes
Sello [428] K001207350 Yes
Hage, J.L. [1197] Brazil K001207373 Yes
Hage, J.L.; dos Santos, E.B. [996] Brazil K001207372 Yes
Anderson, W.R. [35540] Brazil K001207381 Yes
Robert, A. [367/b] Brazil K001207386 Yes
Mori, S. [12206] Brazil K001207370 Yes
Martius [s.n.] Brazil K001207346 Yes
Mayo, S. [17558] Brazil K001207379 Yes
Lasseign, A. [P/21189] Brazil K001207380 Yes
Guedes, M.L. [7001] Brazil K001207376 Yes
s.coll. [1856] Brazil K001207341 Yes
Pickersgill, B. [RU72-266] Brazil K001207383 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K001207347 Yes
Lima, A. [53/1442] Brazil K001207385 Yes
Burchell [2949] Brazil K001207645 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K001207351 Yes
Salzmann [s.n.] Brazil K001207377 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001207354 Yes
Mexia, Y. [4716] Brazil K001207384 Yes
Hage, J.L. [997] Brazil K001207378 Yes
Middleton [s.n.] K001207349 Yes
Regnell, A.F. [III/214] Brazil K001207342 Yes
Mori, S.A. [11827] Brazil K001207371 Yes
Harley, R.M. [27339] Brazil Alternanthera ramosissima K001207595 Yes
Arbo, M.M. [5200] Brazil Alternanthera ramosissima K001207602 Yes
Mori, S.A. [14315] Brazil Alternanthera ramosissima K001207594 Yes
Nunes, T.S. [934] Brazil Alternanthera ramosissima K001207590 Yes
Stannard, B.; Ganev, W.; Queiroz, R.F. [51596] Brazil Alternanthera ramosissima K001207598 Yes
Jardim, J.G. [872] Brazil Alternanthera ramosissima K001207586 Yes
Harley, R.M. [19632] Brazil Alternanthera ramosissima K001207597 Yes
Krapovickas, A. [37656] Brazil Alternanthera ramosissima K001207593 Yes
Castro, R.M. [1235] Brazil Alternanthera ramosissima K001207591 Yes
Arbo, M.M. [5081] Brazil Alternanthera ramosissima K001207600 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [40378] Brazil Alternanthera ramosissima K001207596 Yes
Arbo, M.M. [5172] Brazil Alternanthera ramosissima K001207601 Yes
Arbo, M.M. [3988] Brazil Alternanthera ramosissima K001207587 Yes
de Souza, E.R. [158] Brazil Alternanthera ramosissima K001207589 Yes
Pirani, J.R. [H/51330] Brazil Alternanthera ramosissima K001207592 Yes
Mello-Silva, R. [618] Brazil Alternanthera ramosissima K001207599 Yes
Nunes, T.S. [934] Brazil Alternanthera ramosissima K001207588 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [19948] Brazil Alternanthera brasiliana var. moquinii K001207338 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0