- Family:
- Amaranthaceae Juss.
Alternanthera Forssk.

[FTEA]
Amaranthaceae, C.C. Townsend. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1985
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs, prostrate or erect to floating or scrambling, with entire opposite leaves
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences of sessile or pedunculate heads or short spikes, axillary, solitary or clustered, bracteate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers hermaphrodite, solitary in the axil of a bract, bibracteolate, bracts persistent, the perianth falling with the fruit, bracteoles persistent or not
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
- Perianth-segments 5, free, equal or unequal, glabrous or furnished with smooth or denticulate hairs
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 2–5, some occasionally without anthers; filaments distinctly monadelphous at the base into a cup or tube, alternating with large and dentate or laciniate to very small pseudostaminodes (rarely these obsolete); anthers unilocular
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary with a single pendulous ovule; style short; stigma capitate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit an indehiscent capsule, thin-walled or sometimes corky
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds ± lenticular.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial, prostrate or erect to scrambling or floating, with entire, opposite leaves
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence axillary, of sessile or pedunculate heads or short spikes, solitary or clustered, bracteate, flowers solitary in the axils of the bracts
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Tepal
- Tepals 5, free, similar or dissimilar in form
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 2–5, some occasionally without anthers, filaments monadelphous below into a cup or tube, alternating with large and dentate or laciniate to very small subulate pseudostaminodes, or rarely these absent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Style short, stigma capitate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary 1-ovulate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit thin-walled or sometimes ± corky.
- Distribution
- A large genus of perhaps c. 120 species, particularly well represented in the New World tropics.
[FZ]
Amaranthaceae, C. C. Townsend. Flora Zambesiaca 9:1. 1988
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs, prostrate or erect to floating or scrambling, with entire, opposite leaves.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences of sessile or pedunculate heads or short spikes, axillary, solitary or clustered, bracteate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers hermaphrodite, solitary in the axil of each bract, bibracteolate, bracts persistent, the perianth falling with the fruit, bracteoles persistent or not.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
- Perianth segments 5, free, equal or unequal, glabrous or furnished with smooth or denticulate hairs.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium
- Stamens 2–5, some occasionally without anthers, the filaments distinctly monadelphous at the base into a cup or tube, alternating with large and dentate or laciniate to very small pseudostaminodes (rarely these obsolete), anthers unilocular.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Style short, stigma capitate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary with a single pendulous ovule.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit an indehiscent capsule, thin-walled or sometimes corky, seeds more or less lenticular.
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, 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, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., Northern Territory, 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, Japan, 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
- Alternanthera albida (Moq.) Griseb.
- Alternanthera albosquarrosa Suess.
- Alternanthera albotomentosa Suess.
- Alternanthera altacruzensis Suess.
- Alternanthera angustifolia R.Br.
- Alternanthera aquatica (D.Parodi) Chodat
- Alternanthera arequipensis Suess.
- Alternanthera areschougii R.E.Fr.
- Alternanthera axillaris (Willd.) DC.
- Alternanthera bahiensis Pedersen
- Alternanthera bettzickiana (Regel) G.Nicholson
- Alternanthera brasiliana (L.) Kuntze
- Alternanthera calcicola Standl.
- Alternanthera cana Suess.
- Alternanthera canescens Kunth
- Alternanthera caracasana Kunth
- Alternanthera cinerella Suess.
- Alternanthera collina Pedersen
- Alternanthera congesta Suess. & O.Stützer
- Alternanthera cordobensis (Standl.) Standl.
- Alternanthera corymbiformis Eliasson
- Alternanthera costaricensis Kuntze
- Alternanthera crassifolia (Standl.) Alain
- Alternanthera decurrens J.C.Siqueira
- Alternanthera dendrotricha C.C.Towns.
- Alternanthera denticulata R.Br.
- Alternanthera dominii Schinz
- Alternanthera echinocephala (Hook.f.) Christoph.
- Alternanthera elongata (Willd. ex Schult.) Schinz
- Alternanthera fasciculata Suess.
- Alternanthera fastigiata Suess.
- Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P.Beauv.
- Alternanthera filifolia (Hook.f.) J.T.Howell
- Alternanthera flava (L.) Mears
- Alternanthera flavescens Kunth
- Alternanthera flavicoma (Andersson) J.T.Howell
- Alternanthera flavida Suess.
- Alternanthera flosculosa J.T.Howell
- Alternanthera galapagensis (A.Stewart) J.T.Howell
- Alternanthera geniculata Urb.
- Alternanthera glaziovii R.E.Fr.
- Alternanthera grandis Eliasson
- Alternanthera halimifolia (Lam.) Standl. ex Pittier
- Alternanthera helleri (B.L.Rob.) J.T.Howell
- Alternanthera herniarioides Beurl.
- Alternanthera hirtula (Mart.) R.E.Fr.
- Alternanthera inaccessa Pedersen
- Alternanthera ingramiana (Standl.) Schinz
- Alternanthera jacquinii (Schrad.) Alain
- Alternanthera januarensis J.C.Siqueira
- Alternanthera kurtzii Schinz ex Pedersen
- Alternanthera laguroides (Standl.) Standl.
- Alternanthera lanceolata (Benth.) Schinz
- Alternanthera laxa Suess.
- Alternanthera littoralis P.Beauv.
- Alternanthera lupulina Kunth
- Alternanthera macbridei Standl.
- Alternanthera markgrafii Suess.
- Alternanthera martii (Moq.) R.E.Fr.
- Alternanthera micrantha R.E.Fr.
- Alternanthera microphylla R.E.Fr.
- Alternanthera minutiflora (Seub.) Suess.
- Alternanthera mollendoana Suess.
- Alternanthera multicaulis (Mart.) Kuntze
- Alternanthera nahui Heenan & de Lange
- Alternanthera nesiotes I.M.Johnst.
- Alternanthera nodifera (Moq.) Griseb.
- Alternanthera nodiflora R.Br.
- Alternanthera obovata (M.Martens & Galeotti) Millsp.
- Alternanthera olivacea (Urb.) Urb.
- Alternanthera panamensis (Standl.) Standl.
- Alternanthera paronychioides A.St.-Hil.
- Alternanthera pennelliana Mears ex Pedersen
- Alternanthera peruviana (Moq.) Suess.
- Alternanthera philippo-coburgii (Zahlbr. ex Wawra) Suess.
- Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
- Alternanthera piptantha Pedersen
- Alternanthera porrigens (Jacq.) Kuntze
- Alternanthera praelonga A.St.-Hil.
- Alternanthera puberula (Mart.) D.Dietr.
- Alternanthera pubiflora (Benth.) Kuntze
- Alternanthera pulchella Kunth
- Alternanthera pulverulenta Moq.
- Alternanthera pumila O.Stützer
- Alternanthera pungens Kunth
- Alternanthera pycnantha (Benth.) Standl.
- Alternanthera raimondii Suess.
- Alternanthera ramosissima (Mart.) Chodat & Hassl.
- Alternanthera regelii (Seub.) Schinz
- Alternanthera reineckii Briq.
- Alternanthera robinsonii Suess.
- Alternanthera rufa (Mart.) D.Dietr.
- Alternanthera rugulosa (B.L.Rob.) J.T.Howell
- Alternanthera sericea Kunth
- Alternanthera serpens Pedersen
- Alternanthera serpyllifolia (Poir.) Urb.
- Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex DC.
- Alternanthera snodgrassii (B.L.Rob.) J.T.Howell
- Alternanthera spinosa (Hornem.) Schult.
- Alternanthera stellata (S.Watson) Uline & W.L.Bray
- Alternanthera stenophylla (Standl.) Standl.
- Alternanthera subscaposa Hook.f.
- Alternanthera suessenguthii Covas
- Alternanthera tetramera R.E.Fr.
- Alternanthera tomentosa (Moq.) Schinz
- Alternanthera truxillensis Kunth
- Alternanthera tubulosa Suess.
- Alternanthera vestita (Andersson) J.T.Howell
- Alternanthera villosa Kunth
Alternanthera Forssk. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Harley, R.M. [19057/A], Brazil | K001207400 | Yes | |||
Eiten, G. [10386], Brazil | K001207401 | Yes | |||
Harley, R.M. [22198], Brazil | K001207399 | Yes |
First published in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 28 (1775)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
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)
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Flora Zambesiaca
Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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