Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Telanthera stellata S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 436. (1886)
    • Type locality: Mexico: Chihuahua, Hacienda San Miguel, near Batopilas.
    • Type: 1885-08, Edw. Palmer #4. Holotype: GH GH00037143; Isotypes: GH00037144, K K000582964, PH PH00030219, VT UVMVT031112.

• Homotypic
  • Achyranthes watsonii Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 73. (1915), nom. nov.
    • blocked by Achyranthes stellata Willd., (1798).

• Heterotypic
  • Alternanthera stellata var. glabrata (Rose) Uline & W.L.Bray, Bot. Gaz. 20: 451. (1895)
  • Telanthera stellata var. glabrata Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1(3): 111. (1891)
    • Type locality: Mexico: Sonora. Alamos.
    • Type: 1890-09-16 – 1890-09-30, Edw. Palmer #660a. Holotype: GH00036942; Isotype: US00102773.

Primary references

• Rose, J.N. 1891. List of plants collected by Dr. Edward Palmer in Western Mexico and Arizona in 1890. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 1(4): 91–116. BHL Reference page. : 111

• Standley, P.C. 1915. The application of the generic name Achyranthes. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 5: 72–76. BHL Reference page. : 73

• Uline, E.B. & Bray, W.L. 1895. Synopsis of North American Amaranthaceae. II–IV. Botanical Gazette 20: II. 155–161. BHL, III. 337–344. BHL, IV. 449–453. BHL Reference page. : 451

• Watson, S. 1886. Contributions to American Botany. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 21(2): 414–468. BHL Reference page. : 436

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera stellata 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. 23.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera stellata. 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. 23.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera stellata. Published online. Accessed Oct. 23 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera stellata . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 23.