Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Gomphrena flava L., Sp. Pl. 1: 224. (1753)
    • Type: "hort. Cliff 87. Habitat in Vera Cruce"
    • Lectotype: [Cultivated material from the garden of George Clifford III: Hartekamp Garden, Holland]. G. Clifford #s.n. Lectotype: BM BM000558214. Isotype: 1730, W, Houston #s.n. BM000993097.

• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, accepted as Alternanthera gracilis by Hassler 2019)
  • Achyranthes gracilis (M.Martens & Galeotti) Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 74. (1915)
  • Alternanthera gracilis (M.Martens & Galeotti) Loes., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 202. (1919)
  • Gomphrena gracilis M.Martens & Galeotti, in Bull. Acad. Brux. 10: 349. (1843)
  • Telanthera gracilis (M.Martens & Galeotti) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 375. (1849)

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum, Tomus I: 224.

• Loesener, T. 1919. Mexikanische und zentralamerikanische Novitäten. VI. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 16: 200–212. DOI: 10.1002/fedr.19190161311 . BHL Reference page. : 202.

• Martens, M. & Galeotti, H.G. 1843. Enumeratio synoptica plantarum phanerogamicarum ab Henrico Galeotti in regionibus Mexicanis collectarum. Bulletins de l’Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles 10(1): 110-134 BHL, 208–224 BHL, 341–361 BHL. Reference page. : 349

• Mears, J.A. 1980. The Linnaean Species of Gomphrena L. (Amaranthaceae). Taxon 29(1): 85–95. DOI: 10.2307/1219601 . JSTOR . Reference page. : 88

• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Amarantaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 231–424. Masson, Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 375

• Standley, P.C. 1915. The application of the generic name Achyranthes. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 5: 72–76. BHL Reference page. : 74

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera flava 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. 10.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera flava. 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. 10.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera flava. Published online. Accessed Oct. 10 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera flava . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 10.