Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Brandesia rufa Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 2: 26. (1826)
    • Type locality: Brazil.
    • Syntype: In udis campis prope Taubaté et S. José. Provinciae S. Pauli. Martius, C.F.P. von #Obs. 460. Syntype: M M0241666.
    • Syntype: In sylvis udis ad fluvium Rio da Onça in Serro Frio, Prov. Minas Geraes. Martius W. von #Obs. 1174. Syntype: M0241665; Isosyntype: P P00622588 #s.n.

• Homotypic
  • Achyranthes rufa (Mart.) Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 74. (1915)
  • Pfaffia rufa (Mart.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(2, Cur. Post.): 106. (1827)
  • Telanthera rufa (Mart.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 375. (1849)

• Heterotypic
  • Alternanthera rufa var. glabrata (Seub.) R.E.Fr., Ark. Bot. 16(2): 18. (1920)
  • Telanthera rufa var. glabrata Seub., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 5(1): 178. (1875)

Primary references

• Dietrich, D. 1839. Synopsis plantarum: seu, Enumeratio systematica plantarum plerumque adhuc cognitarum cum differentiis specificis et synonymis selectis ad modum Persoonii elaborata. Tomus 1. pp. 1–879. Vimariae: B. F. Voigtii. BHL Reference page. : 866

• Martius, C.F.P. de 1826. Nova genera et species plantarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII–MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi suscepto collegit et descripsit Dr. C. F. P. de Martius ..., vol. 2. Pp. 1–148, tt. 101–200. Typis C. Wolf, Monachii [Munich]. BHL Reference page. : 26, t. 125, t. 127

• 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

• Sprengel, C. 1827. Curae Posteriores. Systema Vegetabilium, editio decima sexta. Voluminis IV. Pars II. Gottingae [Göttingen]: Librariae Dieterichianae. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 106

• 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 rufa 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. 22.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera rufa. 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. 22.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera rufa. Published online. Accessed Oct. 22 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera rufa . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 22.

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