Alternanthera tenella Colla

First published in Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino 23: 131 (1829)
This name is a synonym of Alternanthera ficoidea

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising 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. [Cited as Alternanthera ficoidea.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Alternanthera ficoidea.]
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii. [Cited as Alternanthera ficoidea.]
  • 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 ficoidea.]
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Belgrano, M.J. (eds.) (2020). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 19(1): 1-378. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA. [Cited as Alternanthera ficoidea.]
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden. [Cited as Alternanthera ficoidea.]
  • von Raab-Straube, E. & Raus, T. (eds.) (2016). Euro+Med-Checklist Notulae, 6. Willdenowia 46: 423-442. [Cited as Alternanthera ficoidea.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • 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 tenella.]
  • von Raab-Strauba, E. & Raus, T. (2014). Euro+Med-Checklist notulae, 3. Willdenowia 44: 287-299. [Cited as Alternanthera tenella.]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Colla in Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Torino 33: 131, t. 9 (1828).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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