Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Achyranthes serpyllifolia Poir., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 2. 11. (1811)
    • Type locality: Dominican Republic: S. Domingo.
    • Type: [Poiteau, P.A.] #s.n. Isotypes: P P00609922, P00609923, S S09-27560, ?BM000993154.

• Homotypic
  • Brandesia serpyllifolia (Poir.) Mart., Beitr. Amarantac. 106. (1825)
  • Cruzeta serpyllifolia (Poir.) M.Gómez, Anales Inst. Segunda Enseñ. 2: 312. (1896)
  • Iresine serpyllifolia (Poir.) Moq.,Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 341. (1849)
  • Alternanthera serpyllifolia (Mart.) Schinz, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 16c: 75. (1934), nom. illeg.
  • Achyranthes tenella Poit. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 341. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.

• Heterotypic
  • Telanthera serpyllifolia Moq.,Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 373. (1849) (cites Brandesia serpyllifolia Mart., but excluding its type)
    • Type: Saint Barthelemy. Forsström, J.E. #s.n. S08-16297, S05-6993.

Primary references

• Urban, I. (ed.) 1904–1908. Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis. Vol. V. 555 pp. Fratres Borntraeger, Lipsiae [Leipzig]; Paul Klincksieck, Parisiis [Paris]; Williams & Norgate, Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. : 340

• Lamarck, J.-B. & Poiret, J.L.M. 1811–1812. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique. Supplément. Tome 2. 876 pp. Paris: H. Agasse. BHL Reference page. : 11

• Martius,C.F.P. von 1825. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der natürlichen Familie Amarantaceen. 144 pp. Halle. (Preprint from Nova acta physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosum 13: 209–322. BHL). Reference page. : 106 (314)

• 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. : 341, 373

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera serpyllifolia 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 serpyllifolia. 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 serpyllifolia. Published online. Accessed Oct. 22 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera serpyllifolia . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 22.