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 Repu, 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

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 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?
Harley, R.M. [19057/A], Brazil K001207400 Yes
Eiten, G. [10386], Brazil K001207401 Yes
Harley, R.M. [22198], Brazil K001207399 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • 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

    • 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 2023. 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 2023. 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