Amaranthaceae

Alternanthera Forssk.

First published in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 28 (1775)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cayman Is., Chile Central, Chile North, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., South Australia, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tasmania, Thailand, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Alabama, Aldabra, Algeria, Arizona, Arkansas, Ascension, Azores, Belgium, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, California, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Chad, China North-Central, Christmas I., Comoros, Cook Is., Delaware, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Free State, Georgia, Gilbert Is., Gulf States, Hainan, Hawaii, Illinois, Italy, Kentucky, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Louisiana, Madeira, Malawi, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Mauritius, Mississippi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicobar Is., Niger, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Oklahoma, Oman, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Pitcairn Is., Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Sicilia, Society Is., Somalia, South Carolina, South China Sea, Spain, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Virginia, Wallis-Futuna Is., Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 6, 1: 72.

Flora of Iraq

  • Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 28 (1775)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Fl. Aegypt-Arab.: 28 (1775).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by C. C. Townsend [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 28 (1775)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2009 Harley, R.M. [54173] Brazil K000324795 No
Jan 1, 2009 Fonsea, M.R. [1328] Brazil K000324815 No
Jan 1, 2009 Harley, R.M. [54748] Brazil K000324814 Yes
Jan 1, 2009 Atahuachi, M.; Rico, L.; Antezana, C. [724] Bolivia K000324769 No
Jan 1, 2009 Wood, J.R.I. [8401] Bolivia K000324807 No
Jan 1, 2009 Souza, V.C. [32492] Brazil K000324813 No
May 1, 2006 Darbyshire, I. [206] Cameroon K000339699 No
Feb 1, 1976 Eggers, H. [14987] Ecuador K000543578 Isotype Yes
Feb 1, 1976 Burchell [9869] Brazil K000582985 Isotype Yes
Lohmann, L.G.; Costa, M.A.S.; Assunção, P.A.C.L. [67] Brazil K001207606 Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 6921] K001126223 Unknown Type Material Yes
Boissier [s.n.] K000848052 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6921] Burma K001126228 Unknown Type Material Yes
Spruce, R. [4586] Peru K000202215 Yes
Welw. [6553] Angola K000243775 Unknown Type Material No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6921] India K001126220 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K001207604 Yes
Miers, J. [3728] Brazil K001207501 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6922] India K001126230 Unknown Type Material Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Ecuador K000202214 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6921] India K001126221 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lillie, D.G. [15] Trinidad and Tobago K000582981 Type Yes
Aymard, G. [3572] Venezuela K001207612 Yes
Lima, A. [53/1580] Brazil K001207390 Yes
Cuming [s.n.] Colombia K000583019 Type Yes
Burchell [9710] Brazil K001207609 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6922] K001126232 Unknown Type Material Yes
Broadway, W.E. [2968] Trinidad and Tobago K000582971 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mueller, F. [96] Brazil K001207608 Yes
Claussen [s.n.] Brazil K001207549 Yes
Harley, R.M. [22198] Brazil K001207399 Yes
Parker [s.n.] Guyana K001207610 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6921] K001126219 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6921] K001126217 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cuming [1007] Colombia K000583018 Type Yes
Welw. [6535] Angola K000243776 Unknown Type Material Yes
Murillo, F.; Bustamante, J.; Estrada, A.; Rodríguez, A. [121] Costa Rica K001890675 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K000582972 Holotype Yes
Wilson [s.n.] Jamaica K000582980 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6921] K001126226 Unknown Type Material Yes
Riedel [s.n.] Brazil K001207500 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6921] K001126225 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [90] K001207611 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6921] K001126216 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tuerckheim, H.von [416] Guatemala K000582970 Type Yes
Bautista, H.P. [761] Brazil K001207550 Yes
Jangoux, J. [453] Brazil K001207551 Yes
Glaziou [5974] Brazil K001207603 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6921] K001126227 Unknown Type Material Yes
Eiten, G. [10386] Brazil K001207401 Yes
Burchell [3225] Brazil K001207607 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6921] Malaysia K001126224 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 6922] K001126231 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6921] K001126215 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; Malavasi, A.; Viscarra, J. [1236] Bolivia K000295257 No
Preston, T.A. [s.n.] Brazil K001207605 Yes
Harley, R.M. [19057/A] Brazil K001207400 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6921] K001126218 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6922] K001126229 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gardner, G. [s.n.] Brazil K001207552 Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 6921] K001126222 Unknown Type Material Yes
Spruce, R. [5221] Ecuador K000202217 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • 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