Alternanthera caracasana

Alternanthera caracasana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Alternanthera caracasana Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 205. (1818)

Lectotype: Venezuela: Crescit in valle temperata juxta Caracas et Chacao, alt. 450 hex. Floret Januario. Humboldt, F.W.H.A. von & Bonpland A.J.A. #621. Lectotype: P P00136021; Isotypes: #5029 B B 10 0242322, F F0BN003232.

Homotypic
- Telanthera caracasana (Kunth) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 370. (1849)

Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
- Achyranthes peploides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.) Britton, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 5: 279. (1924)
- Alternanthera achyrantha var. dasyantha Seub., in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 5(1): 183. (1875)
- Alternanthera achyrantha var. parvifolia Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 359. (1849)
- Alternanthera macrorhiza Hauman, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 18: 114. (1946)
- Alternanthera parvifolia (Moq.) Fawc. & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica [Fawcett & Rendle] 3: 139. (1914)
- Alternanthera peploides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.) Urb., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 168. (1918)
- Alternanthera villiflora Scheele, Linnaea 22(2): 149. (1849)
- Celosia humifusa Willd. ex Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 531. (1819)
- Illecebrum peploides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 517. (1819)

Native distribution areas:

Northern America
- Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
Southern America
- Central America
  - Honduras, Nicaragua
- Caribbean
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.
- Northern South America
  - Venezuela
- Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest

Introduced elsewhere.

Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S. 1817–1818 ["1817"]. Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt. Tomus 2 (quarto ed.). 406 pp., tt. 97–192. Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 205

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera caracasana in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 08.

Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera caracasana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 08.

International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera caracasana. Published online. Accessed Oct. 08 2019.

Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera caracasana . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 08.

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Alternanthera caracasana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 08-Apr-12.

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