390.0000 Family Amaranthaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl.: 87 (1789), nom. cons.

ca. 185 genera, ca. 2300 spp. According to many modern authors and all PCR results Chenopodiaceae is only a subfamily or section of Amaranthaceae.

Species listed in database: 2295; hybrids: 76

390.2220 Genus Alternanthera Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 28 (1775)

Distribution: temperate, subtrop., and tropical regions, 1 extending to Caucasus

Species listed in database: 109

species :

Alternanthera adscendens Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 50 (1937)

Distribution: SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais); Paraguay (Alto Paraná); Argentina (Misiones)

84 BRA 85 ARG PAR

species :

Alternanthera albida (Moq.) Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: (1874) (Pl. Lorent. 36)

Distribution: Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Santa Cruz); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay); Argentina (Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Jujuy, Salta, Santiago del Estero, San Luis, Tucuman)

83 BOL 85 ARG PAR

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes albida (Moq.) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Achyranthes seubertii Standl.; J. Wash. Acad Sci. 5: 75 (1915)

= Alternanthera albida f. amentacea Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 299 (1934)

= Alternanthera albida f. globifera Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 299 (1934)

= Alternanthera tomentella Seub.; Mart. Fl. Bras. 5(1): 186 (1875)

= Telanthera albida Moq.; DC., Prodr. 13(2): 367 (1849)

species :

Alternanthera albosquarrosa Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 39: 1 (1935)

Distribution: ?E-Ecuador; Peru

83 PER

species :

Alternanthera albotomentosa Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 50 (1937)

Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Norte de Santander, Quindío, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle); Venezuela (Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Carabobo, Falcon, Lara, Zulia); Peru

82 CLM VEN 83 PER

variant :

var. ecuadoriensis Eliasson; Fl. Ecuador, 28(44): 69 (1987)

Distribution: Ecuador; Galapagos

83 ECU GAL

species :

Alternanthera altacruzensis Suess.; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München, Heft 1, 3 (1950)

Distribution: Bolivia (Santa Cruz, Tarija); Argentina (Jujuy)

83 BOL 85 ARG

species :

Alternanthera angustifolia R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland 1: 417 (1810)

Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales)

50 AUS

Synonyms: hidden

= Alternanthera angustifolia var. lanata Benth.; Fl. Austral. 5: 251 (1870)

= Alternanthera angustifolia var. macrocephala Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 642 (1921)

species :

Alternanthera aquatica (D.Parodi) Chodat; Bull. Soc. Bot. Geneve, Ser. II. 18: 257, 292 (1926 publ. 1927)

Distribution: Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Amazonas); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul); Paraguay (Cordillera, Pres. Hayes); Argentina (Chaco)

83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes hassleriana (Chodat) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Alternanthera hassleriana Chodat ex Chodat & Hassl.; Bull. Herb. Boiss. Ser. II. 3: 355 (1903)

= Mogiphanes aquatica D.Parodi; Anal. Soc. Cient. Argentina. 5: (1878) 316

species :

Alternanthera arequipensis Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 51 (1937)

Distribution: Peru

83 PER

species :

Alternanthera areschougii R.E.Fr.; Arkiv Bot., Stockh. 16: No. 12, reimpr., 17 (1920)

Distribution: Venezuela (Zulia); Ecuador

82 VEN 83 ECU

Synonyms: hidden

= Telanthera pulchella Aresch.; Freg. Eugenies Resa, Bot. 123 (1910)

species :

Alternanthera axillaris (Willd.) DC.; Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 77 (1813)

Distribution: Cuba; Hispaniola

81 CUB HIS

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes axillaris Willd.; Enum. Pl.: 270 (1809)

= Steiremis heterophylla Raf.; Autik. Bot.: 154 (1840), nom. superfl.

species :

Alternanthera bahiensis Pedersen; B. L. Stannard (ed.), Fl. Pico das Almas: 115 (1995)

Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia)

84 BRA

species :

Alternanthera bettzickiana (Regel) G.Nicholson; Ill. Dict. Gard. 1: 59 (1884), nomen, ex Voss in Vilmorin´s Blumeng., ed. 3, 1: 869 (1895)

Name: Calicoplant, parrotleaf

Distribution: Egypt [I] (Nile Delta [I]); Cameroon [I]; Mozambique [I]; Mauritius [I]; Rodrigues [I]; Saudi Arabia [I]; China [I] (Anhui [I], Beijing [I], Fujian [I], Gansu [I], Guangdong [I], Guangxi [I], Guizhou [I], Hainan [I], Hebei [I], Heilongjiang [I], Henan [I], Hongkong [I], Hubei [I], Hunan [I], Jiangsu [I], Jiangxi [I], Jilin [I], Liaoning [I], Macao [I], Nei Mongol [I], Ningxia [I], Qinghai [I], Shaanxi [I], Shandong [I], Shanghai [I], Shanxi [I], Sichuan [I], Tianjin [I], Xinjiang [I], Yunnan [I], Zhejiang [I]); Tibet [I]; Ryukyu Isl. [I]; Taiwan [I]; Nepal [I]; Bhutan [I]; India [I] (Assam [I], Madhya Pradesh [I], Punjab [I], Rajasthan [I], West Bengal [I]); Sri Lanka [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Thailand [I]; Laos [I]; Cambodia [I]; Vietnam [I]; Singapore [I]; South China Sea Isl. [I]; Philippines [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I]; Christmas Isl. [Austr.] [I]; New Guinea [I]; Solomon Isl. [I]; Australia [I] (Queensland [I]); Lord Howe Isl. [I]; Rotuma Isl. [I]; Vanuatu [I]; Niue [I]; Phoenix Isl. [I] (Kanton [I]); Gilbert Isl. [I] (Tarawa [I]); Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I], Aitutaki [I], Mangaia [I], Palmerston [I], Manihiki [I]); Gambier Isl. [I] (Mangareva [I]); Tuamotu Arch. [I] (Makatea Isl. [I], Tikehau [I]); Austral Isl. [I] (Rurutu [I], Tubuai [I], Raivavae [I]); Northern Marianas [I] (Saipan [I], Rota [I]); Guam [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Pohnpei [I]); USA [I] (California [I], Florida [I], Maryland [I], Texas [I]); Mexico [I]; Belize [I]; Honduras [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Jamaica; Hispaniola [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I]; Montserrat [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Martinique [I]; St. Lucia [I]; Barbados [I]; Tobago [I]; Trinidad [I]; South America; Colombia [I]; Ecuador; Peru [I]; Bolivia [I]; Brazil [I]

20 egy 23 cmn 26 moz 29 mau rod 35 sau 36 chi tib 38 nns tai 40 ban bhu ind nep srl 41 cbd lao tha vie 42 lsi nwg phi scs sng xms 43 sol 50 aus lhi 60 gil nue phx rot van 61 aui coo gbi tua 62 gum mic mrn 76 usa 77 usa 78 usa 79 mex 80 blz cos hon nic 81 bbd gdl his JAM mar mts pue stl trt vir 82 clm 83 bol ECU per 84 bra

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes amabilis Britton; Fl. Bermuda: 121 (1918)

= Achyranthes bettzickiana (Regel) Standl.; N. Am. Fl. 21: 138 (1917)

= Achyranthes cyclophylla (Seub.) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Achyranthes ficoidea subsp. bettzickiana (Regel) Baker

= Achyranthes picta Pass.; Bot. Zeit. 31 (1864)

= Alternanthera amabilis Lem.; Illust. Hortic. 15: (1868) I. 558

= Alternanthera amabilis var. tricolor Linden & André; Ill. Hort. 17: 102 (1870)

= Alternanthera amoena (Lem.) Hovey; Nursery Cat. (Hovey & co.) 1882: 16 (1882)

= Alternanthera amoena f. amabilis (Lem.) Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3. 1: 869 (1895)

= Alternanthera amoena f. reinhardii Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3. 1: 869 (1895)

= Alternanthera amoena f. rosea Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3. 1: 869 (1895)

= Alternanthera amoena f. sessilis Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3. 1: 896 (1895)

= Alternanthera amoena f. spectabilis (E.C.Hend.) Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3. 1: 869 (1895)

= Alternanthera amoena var. spectabilis E.C.Hend.; Gard. Chron. 1873: 498 (1873)

= Alternanthera articulata f. capitellata O.Stützer; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 88: 43 (1935)

= Alternanthera articulata f. capitulifera O.Stützer; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 88: 43 (1935)

= Alternanthera articulata O.Stützer; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 88: 43 (1935)

= Alternanthera articulata var. minuta O.Stützer; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 88: 43 (1935)

= Alternanthera bettzickiana (Regel) Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Chicago, Bot. Ser. 3: 254 (1930), isonym

= Alternanthera bettzickiana f. aurea Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3. 1: 869 (1895)

= Alternanthera bettzickiana f. kurzii Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3. 1: 869 (1895)

= Alternanthera bettzickiana f. spathulata (Lem.) Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3. 1: 869 (1895)

= Alternanthera bettzickiana var. spathulata (Lem.) Seub.; Mart., Fl. Bras. 5(1): 172 (1875)

= Alternanthera brasiliensis Vilm.; Vilmorin´s Blumeng., ed. 3, Sieb. & Voss 1: 869 (1895)

= Alternanthera coerilis Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3. 1: 870 (1895)

= Alternanthera cyclophylla (Seub.) Schinz; Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16c: 74 (1934)

= Alternanthera ficoidea var. amoena (Lem.) L.B.Sm. & Downs; Fl. Ilustr. Catar. 1(Amarantac.): 62 (1972)

= Alternanthera ficoidea var. bettzickiana (Regel) Backer; Steenis, Fl. Males. Ser. 1. 4: 93 (1949)

= Alternanthera ficoidea var. spathulata (Lem.) L.B.Sm. & Downs; Fl. Ilustr. Catar., 1 (Amarantac.): 61 (1972)

= Alternanthera kerberi Uline & W.L.Bray; Bot. Gaz. 20: 450 (1895)

= Alternanthera latifolia Hovey; Nursery Cat. (Hovey & co.) 1882: 16 (1882), nom. illeg.

= Alternanthera latifolia magnifica Hovey; Nursery Cat. (Hovey & co.) 1882: 16 (1882)

= Alternanthera nagnifica Hovey; Nursery Cat. (Hovey & co.) 1883: 13 (1883)

= Alternanthera paronychioides Klotzsch ex K.Koch; Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 9: 15 (1866), nom. illeg.

= Alternanthera paronychioides Regel; Gartenfl. 102 (1869)

= Alternanthera paronychioides var. bettzickiana (Regel) Fosberg; Willdenowia 20(1-2): 259 (1991)

= Alternanthera purpurea Pynaert; Rev. Hort. Belge Étrangère 5: 25 (1879)

= Alternanthera reinhardii Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3. 1: 870 (1895), nom. inval.

= Alternanthera rosea Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3. 1: 870 (1895), nom. inval.

= Alternanthera sessilis var. amoena Lem.; Ill. Hort. 12: 447 (1865)

= Alternanthera spathulata Lem.; Illustr. Hortic. 12: (1865) t. 445

= Alternanthera tenella var. bettzickiana (Regel) Veldkamp; Taxon, 27(2-3): 313 (1978)

= Alternanthera variegata K.Koch; Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 9: 15 (1866)

= Amarantesia brasiliensis Regel; Gartenfl. 102 (1869)

= Jeilium tricolor Regel; Gartenfl. 102 (1869)

= Telanthera amoena (Lem.) Regel; Gartenflora 18: 101 (1869)

= Telanthera amoena var. amabilis (Lem.) Regel; Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1868: 83 (1869)

= Telanthera bettzickiana Regel; Index Sem. Hort. Petrop. (1862) 28

= Telanthera bettzickiana var. spathulata (Lem.) Regel; Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1868: 83 (1869)

= Telanthera cyclophylla Seub.; Mart. Fl. Bras. 5(1): 174 (1875)

= Telanthera picta (Pass.) K.Koch; Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 9: 15 (1866)

species :

Alternanthera brasiliana (L.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 537 (1891)

Name: Brazilian joyweed; Cucaracha extranjera, Cucaracha morada (Dominican Republic), Bouton blac, Marguerite a fleurs rouges (Lesser Antilles)

Distribution: Gambia [I]; Benin [I]; Cameroon [I]; Bhutan [I]; India [I] (Jammu & Kashmir [I]); Thailand [I]; Laos [I]; South China Sea Isl. [I]; peninsular Malaysia [I]; Singapore [I]; Philippines [I]; Java [I]; Moluccas [I]; New Guinea [I]; Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I], Tupai [I], Bora Bora [I], Huahine [I], Maupiti [I], Moorea [I], Raiatea [I], Tahaa [I]); Austral Isl. [I] (Raivavae [I], Rurutu [I]); Pitcairn Isl. [I]; Hawaii [I] (Oahu [I], Molokai [I]); USA [I] (Florida [I]); Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Bahamas [I]; Hispaniola [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I] (St. John [I]); Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Marie-Galante; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Grenada; Barbados; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia (Bolívar, Boyacá, Cauca, Cesar, Huila, Magdalena, Norte de Santander, Valle); Isla Margarita; Venezuela (Carabobo, Merida, Tachira, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Peru; Bolivia (Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Pará, Tocantins); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Paraíba); WC-Brazil (Goiás); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina)

22 ben gam 23 cmn 40 bhu ind 41 lao tha 42 jaw mly mol nwg phi scs sng 61 aui coo pit sci 63 haw 78 usa 79 MEX 80 BLZ GUA HON NIC 81 ARU bah BBD BON CUR DOM GDL GRE his MAR MTS pue STL STV VEN vir 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes brasiliana (L.) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Alternanthera brasiliana f. angustifolia Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 538 (1891)

= Alternanthera brasiliana f. bicolor Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 538 (1891)

= Alternanthera brasiliana f. obtusifolia Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 538 (1891)

= Alternanthera brasiliana f. rubicunda Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 538 (1891)

= Alternanthera brasiliana var. glabriuscula Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 538 (1891)

= Alternanthera brasiliana var. longiseta Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 39: 2 (1935)

= Alternanthera brasiliana var. sericea Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 538 (1891)

= Alternanthera brasiliana var. straminea (Mart.) Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 305 (1934)

= Alternanthera dentata f. pubescens Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 299 (1934)

= Alternanthera dentata f. rubiginosa Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 299 (1934)

= Alternanthera dentata Scheygr.; Pulle, Fl. Suriname 1: 39 (1932), nom. superfl.

= Alternanthera moquinii var. grandiceps Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 302 (1934)

= Alternanthera straminea (Mart.) Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 305 (1934)

= Caraxeron brasiliense (L.) Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 3: 38 (1836)

= Gomphrena brasiliana L.; Cent. Pl. 2: 13 (1756)

= Gomphrena brasiliensis (L.) Jacq.; Coll. 2: 278 (1789), nom. superfl.

= Gomphrena brasiliensis (L.) Lam.; Illustr. 2: 289. t. 180, f. 1 (1792), isonym

= Gomphrena dentata Moench; Suppl. Meth.: 273 (1802), nom. superfl.

= Mogiphanes brasiliensis (Jacq.) Mart.; Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 34. t. 133 (1817)

= Mogiphanes straminea Mart.; Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 35. t. 135 (1817)

= Philoxerus brasiliana (L.) Sm.; Rees, Cycl. 27: no. 4 (1814)

= Philoxerus brasiliensis (L.) R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland 416 (1810)

= Psilotrichum malaccense Suess.; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 6: 194 (1953)

= Telanthera brasiliana (L.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 382 (1849)

= Telanthera brasiliensis (L.) Endl.; Cat. Horti Vindob. 1: 265 (1842), nom. superfl.

= Telanthera dentata Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 378 (1849), nom. superfl.

species :

Alternanthera calcicola Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Chicago, Bot. Ser. 11: 151 (1936)

Distribution: Peru

83 PER

species :

Alternanthera cana Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 39: 2 (1935)

Distribution: Argentina (San Juan)

85 ARG

species :

Alternanthera canescens Kunth; Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 204 (1818)

Distribution: Bahamas; Isla Margarita; Venezuela (Anzoategui, Carabobo, Falcon, Nueva Esparta, Sucre)

81 BAH VEN 82 VEN

Synonyms: hidden

= Alternanthera forsstroemii R.E.Fr.; Ark. Bot. 16(12): 12 (1920)

= Celosia cernua Mairet ex Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 351 (1849), nom. illeg.

= Telanthera canescens (Kunth) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 368 (1849)

species :

Alternanthera caracasana Kunth; Humb. & al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 2, ed. folio: ed. 4: 204 (1818)

Name: Adornajardin, Sangradera de Caracas (ES); Washerwoman (EN); Papageienblatt (DE); Washerwoman (Bahamas)

Distribution: Spain [I]; Croatia [I]; Azores [I] (Santa Maria Isl. [I], Sao Miguel Isl. [I], Terceira [I], Graciosa [I], Sao Jorge [I], Faial [I]); Madeira [I] (Madeira Isl. [I], Porto Santo Isl. [I]); Canary Isl. [I] (Gran Canaria [I], Tenerife [I], La Gomera [I], Hierro [I], La Palma Isl. [I]); Cape Verde Isl. [I] (Santo Antao Isl. [I], Sao Vicente Isl. [I], Ilha de Sao Nicolau [I], Sal Isl. [I], Ilha da Boa Vista [I], Ilha de Maio [I], Ilha de Sao Tiago [I], Fogo Isl. [I], Ilha Brava [I]); Zambia [I]; Zimbabwe [I]; Botswana [I]; South Africa [I]; Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Lanai [I], Maui [I]); USA [I] (Alabama [I], Arizona [I], Arkansas [I], California [I], Florida [I], Georgia [I], Louisiana [I], Maryland [I], Mississippi [I], New Mexico [I], North Carolina [I], Oklahoma [I], South Carolina [I], Texas [I]); Mexico (Baja California Norte, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Bahamas; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas); Anguilla; St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Barthélémy; Saba; St. Eustatius; Antigua; Guadeloupe; Martinique; St. Vincent; Barbados; Trinidad; Colombia (Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Nariño, Quindío, Santander, Tolima); Venezuela (Apure, Delta Amacuro, Tachira); Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Potosí); Brazil; Argentina (Buenos Aires, Jujuy, Salta, Santa Fe)

12 spa 13 cro 21 azo cny cvi mdr 26 zam zim 27 bot saf 63 haw 74 usa 76 usa 77 usa 78 usa 79 MEX 80 COS GUA HON NIC 81 ABA AGU BAH BBD CUB GDL HIS JAM MAR PUE SAB SBA STE STM STV TRT VIR 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU GAL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes peploides (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Britton; Sci. Surv. Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands 5: 279 (1924)

= Alternanthera achyrantha var. dasyantha Seub.; Fl. Bras. (Mart.) 5, pt. 1: 183 (1875)

= Alternanthera achyrantha var. parvifolia Moq.; DC., Prodr. 13(2): 359 (1849)

= Alternanthera macrorhiza Hauman; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 18: 114 (1946)

= Alternanthera parvifolia (Moq.) Fawc. & Rendle; Fl. Jamaica 3: 139 (1914)

= Alternanthera peploides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Urb.; Repert. Spec Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 168 (1918)

= Alternanthera villiflora Scheele; Linnaea 22: 149 (1849)

= Celosia humifusa Willd. ex Schult.; Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 5: 531 (1819)

= Illecebrum peploides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Roem. & Schult.; Syst. 5: 517 (1819)

= Telanthera caracasana (Kunth) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 370 (1849)

species :

Alternanthera cinerella Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 39: 3 (1935)

Distribution: Argentina (Catamarca, Salta, Tucuman)

85 ARG

species :

Alternanthera collina Pedersen; Adansonia 19(2): 218 (1997)

Distribution: Argentina (Santiago del Estero)

85 ARG

species :

Alternanthera congesta Suess. & O.Stützer; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 88: 44 (1935)

Distribution: Venezuela (Falcon, Portuguesa)

82 VEN

species :

Alternanthera cordobensis (Standl.) Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Chicago, Bot. Ser. 8: 10 (1930)

Distribution: Mexico (Veracruz)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes cordobensis Standl.; Contrib. US. Nat. Herb. 18: 90 (1916)

species :

Alternanthera corymbiformis Eliasson; Fl. Ecuador, 28(44): 81 (1987)

Distribution: Ecuador (type only)

83 ECU

species :

Alternanthera costaricensis Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 538 (1891)

Distribution: Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama

80 COS GUA HON NIC PAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes costaricensis (Kuntze) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Achyranthes megaphylla Standl.; Britton et al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 21: 141 (1917)

= Alternanthera megaphylla (Standl.) Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Chicago, Bot. Ser. 8: 9 (1930)

species :

Alternanthera crassifolia (Standl.) Alain; Contrib. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Col. ´de la Salle´, Habana, No. 9, I (1950)

Distribution: Cuba

81 CUB

Conservation Status: IUCN E

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes crassifolia Standl.; Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 32: 241 (1919)

species :

Alternanthera crucis (Moq.) Bold.; Fl. Dutch W. Ind. Islands 1: 58 (1909)

Distribution: Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (Anegada, Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola); St. Martin/St. Maarten; Antigua; Guadeloupe; Martinique

81 ABA GDL MAR PUE STM VIR

Remarks: often included in A. halimifolia

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes portoricensis (Kuntze) Standl.; J. Wash. Acad Sci. 5: 73 (1915)

= Alternanthera dolichocephala (Urb.) Urb.; Symb. Antill. 1: 302 (1899)

= Alternanthera portoricensis Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 340 (1891)

= Alternanthera sintenisii (Urb.) Uline; Publ. Field Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 1(5): 421 (1899)

= Gomphrena crucis Vahl ex Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 362 (1849)

= Telanthera crucis Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 362 (1849)

= Telanthera dolichocephala Urb.; Symb. Antill. 1: 302 (1899)

= Telanthera sintenisii Urb.; Symb. Antill. 1: 301 (1899)

species :

Alternanthera decurrens J.C.Siqueira; Eugeniana 27: 12 (2004)

Distribution: WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)

84 BRA

species :

Alternanthera dendrotricha C.C.Towns.; Kew Bull. 43(1): 106 (1988)

Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)

84 BRA

species :

Alternanthera denticulata R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland 417 (1810)

Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania); New Zealand; Chatham Isl.

50 AUS 51 CTM NZL

Synonyms: hidden

= Alternanthera denticulata var. major Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 356 (1849)

= Alternanthera denticulata var. micrantha Benth.; Fl. Austral. 5: 250 (1870)

= Alternanthera denticulata var. uliginosa Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 640 (1921)

= Alternanthera micrantha (Benth.) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 88 (1921), nom. illeg., non R. E. Fr. 1920

= Alternanthera sessilis var. denticulata (R.Br.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 540 (1891)

= Alternanthera triandra var. denticulata (R.Br.) Maiden & Betche; Census N.S.W. Pl.: 73 (1916)

species :

Alternanthera dominii Schinz; Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16c: 76 (1934)

Distribution: Peru

83 PER

Synonyms: hidden

= Alternanthera raimondii Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 55 (1937)

= Telanthera nana Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 374 (1849)

species :

Alternanthera ebracteolata Sindu Arya & V.S.A.Kumar; Phytotaxa 480(3): 278 (2021)

Distribution: India (Kerala)

40 IND

species :

Alternanthera echinocephala (Hook.f.) Christoph.; Nyt Mag. Naturvidensk. 70: 73 (1932)

Distribution: Galapagos

83 GAL

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes echinocephala (Hook.f.) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Alternanthera menziesii H.St.John; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 27: 49 (1957)

= Brandesia echinocephala Hook.f.; Trans. Linn. Soc. 20: 189 (1851)

= Telanthera argentea Andersson; Vet. Akad. Handl. Stockh. 1853 168 (1855)

= Telanthera argentea var. bracteata Andersson; Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1853: 168 (1855)

= Telanthera argentea var. nudiflora Andersson; Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1853: 168 (1855)

= Telanthera argentea var. robustior Andersson; Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1853: 168 (1855)

= Telanthera echinocephala (Hook.f.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 373 (1849)

= Telanthera echinocephala var. bracteata (Andersson) Andersson; Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 1859: 63 (1861)

= Telanthera echinocephala var. nudiflora (Andersson) Andersson; Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 1859: 63 (1861)

= Telanthera echinocephala var. robustior (Andersson) Andersson; Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 1859: 63 (1861)

species :

Alternanthera elongata (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Schinz; Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16c: 75 (1934)

Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz)

83 BOL PER

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes atra Pav. ex Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 372 (1849)

= Achyranthes elongata (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Alternanthera elongata f. major Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 299 (1934)

= Alternanthera elongata f. minor Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 299 (1934)

= Brandesia elongata (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Mart.; Beitr. Amarant. 105. n. 4 (1825)

= Gomphrena elongata Willd. ex Schult.; Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 5: 542 (1819)

= Telanthera elongata (Willd. ex R. & S.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 372 (1849)

species :

Alternanthera fasciculata Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 52 (1937)

Distribution: Ecuador; Peru

83 ECU PER

Remarks: provisionally accepted name

species :

Alternanthera fastigiata Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 52 (1937)

Distribution: Peru

83 PER

Remarks: provisionally accepted name

species :

Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland 417 (1810), nom. cons.

Name: Sanguinaria; Herbe a albumine (Lesser Antilles)

Distribution: Zambia [I]; India [I] (Jammu & Kashmir [I], Kerala [I], Maharashtra [I], Odisha [I], Tamil Nadu [I], West Bengal [I]); Bangladesh [I]; Rotuma Isl. [I]; Fiji [I]; Society Isl. [I] (Raiatea [I], Bora Bora [I]); Hawaii [I] (Oahu [I]); Mexico (Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Veracruz); Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Bahamas; Cuba; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. John, Tortola); Montserrat; Marie-Galante; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Grenada; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; Venezuela (Portuguesa, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil (Roraima, Pará, Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Espirito Santo, São Paulo); S-Brazil (Paraná); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Central, Pres. Hayes); Argentina (Misiones)

26 zam 40 ban ind 60 fij rot 61 sci 63 haw 79 MEX 80 COS NIC 81 BAH BBD CUB DOM GDL GRE HIS MAR MTS PUE STL STV TRT VIR 82 FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes ficoides (L.) Lam.; Encyc. 1: 548 (1785)

= Alternanthera brachiata Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 304 (1849)

= Alternanthera diffusa Schacht; Lehrb. Anat. Physiol. Gew. 2: 259 (1859)

= Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P.Beauv.; Fl. Oware 2: 66 (1818), isonym

= Alternanthera ficoidea var. brachiata (Moq.) Uline & W.L.Bray; Bot. Gaz. 20: 435 (1895)

= Alternanthera ficoidea var. diffusa (Mart.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 539 (1891)

= Alternanthera ficoidea var. erecta (Mart.) Pedersen; Darwiniana 14: 434 (1967)

= Alternanthera ficoidea var. radicans (Mart.) Pedersen; Darwiniana 14: 434 (1967)

= Alternanthera polygonoides var. diffusa (Mart.) Hicken; Chlor. Plat. Argent.: 95 (1910)

= Alternanthera polygonoides var. ficoidea (L.) M.Gómez; Anales Inst. Segunda Enseñ. 2: 313 (1896)

= Alternanthera polygonoides var. glabrescens Gris; Fl. Brit. W. I.: 67 (1859)

= Alternanthera tenella Colla; Mem. Acc. Torin. 33: (1829) 131. t. 9

= Alternanthera triandra Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. 1: 33 (1821)

= Bucholzia brachiata Schrad. ex Seub.; Mart., Fl. Bras. 5(1): 173 (1875)

= Bucholzia ficoidea (L.) Mart.; Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 52 (1817)

= Bucholzia polygonoides var. erecta Mart.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 2: 51 (1826)

= Bucholzia polygonoides var. radicans Mart.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 2: 51 (1826)

= Gomphrena ficoidea L.; Sp. Pl. 225 (1753)

= Illecebrum ficoideum (L.) L.; Sp. Pl. ed. II. 300 (1762)

= Illecebrum tenellum (Desf.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 355 (1849)

= Paronychia ficoidea (L.) Desf.; Tabl. ed. I. 44 (1804)

= Paronychia tenella Desf.; Numer. List Hort. Par. ed. III. 407 (1829)

= Steiremis ficoidea (L.) Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 3: 41 (1837)

= Telanthera ficoidea (L.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 363 (1849)

= Telanthera polygonoides var. brachiata Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 364 (1849)

= Telanthera polygonoides var. radicans (Mart.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 364 (1849)

species :

Alternanthera filifolia (Hook.f.) J.T.Howell; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. Ser. IV. 21: 102 (1933)

subspecies :

subsp. filifolia

Distribution: Galapagos

83 GAL

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes hookeri Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915), nom. nov.

= Alternanthera filifolia subsp. margaritacea J.T.Howell; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 21: 104 (1933)

= Alternanthera filifolia subsp. subsquarrosa J.T.Howell; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 21: 103 (1933)

= Bucholzia filifolia Hook.f.; Trans. Linn. Soc. 20: 192 (1851)

= Telanthera filifolia (Hook.f.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 368 (1849)

subspecies :

subsp. glauca J.T.Howell; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 21: 103 (1933)

Distribution: Galapagos

83 GAL

Conservation Status: IUCN R

subspecies :

subsp. glaucescens (Hook.f.) Eliasson; Madroño 20: 264 (1970)

Distribution: Galapagos

83 GAL

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes glaucescens (Hook.f.) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Achyranthes strictiuscula (Andersson) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 75 (1915)

= Alternanthera glaucescens (Hook.f.) J.T.Howell; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 21: 104 (1933)

= Alternanthera glaucescens f. strictiuscula (Andersson) J.T.Howell; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 21: 105 (1933)

= Alternanthera strictiuscula (Andersson) Schinz; Engl., Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2. 16c: 72 (1934)

= Bucholzia glaucescens Hook.f.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 191 (1847)

= Telanthera angustata Andersson; Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 1857: 61 (1857)

= Telanthera glaucescens (Hook.f.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 369 (1849)

= Telanthera strictiuscula Andersson; Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1853: 166 (1855)

subspecies :

subsp. microcephala Eliasson; Madroño 20: 264 (1970)

Distribution: Galapagos

83 GAL

Conservation Status: IUCN R

subspecies :

subsp. nudicaulis (Hook.f.) Eliasson; Madroño 20: 264 (1970)

Distribution: Galapagos

83 GAL

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes nudicaulis (Hook.f.) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Alternanthera nudicaulis (Hook.f.) Christoph.; Nyt Mag. Naturvidensk., Oslo 70: 73 (1932)

= Bucholzia nudicaulis Hook.f.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 191 (1847)

= Telanthera nudicaulis (Hook.f.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 369 (1849)

subspecies :

subsp. pintensis Eliasson; Madroño 20: 264 (1970)

Distribution: Galapagos

83 GAL

Conservation Status: IUCN R

subspecies :

subsp. rabidensis Eliasson; Madroño 20: 265 (1970)

Distribution: Galapagos

83 GAL

Conservation Status: IUCN R

subspecies :

subsp. sylvatica J.T.Howell; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 21: 104 (1933)

Distribution: Galapagos

83 GAL

species :

Alternanthera flava (L.) Mears; Taxon 29(1): 88 (1980)

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Guanajuato, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz)

79 MEX

Remarks: A. gracilis is frequently kept separate

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes gracilis (M.Martens & Galeotti) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Alternanthera gracilis (M.Martens & Galeotti) Loes.; Fedde, Repert 16: 202 (1919)

= Gomphrena flava L.; Sp. Pl. 224 (1753)

= Gomphrena gracilis M.Martens & Galeotti; Bull. Acad. Brux. 10: 350 (1843)

= Telanthera gracilis (M.Martens & Galeotti) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 375 (1849)

species :

Alternanthera flavescens (Mart.) Kunth; Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 207 (1818)

Name: Yellow joyweed

Distribution: India [I] (Kerala [I]); USA [I] (Florida [I]); Mexico (Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatan); Belize; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenadines; St. Vincent; Grenada; Trinidad & Tobago [I]; Colombia (Atlántico, Bolívar, Cauca, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, Norte de Santander); Venezuela (Anzoategui, Falcon, Lara, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Zulia); Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija); S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina)

40 ind 78 usa 79 MEX 80 BLZ 81 DOM GDL GRE MAR MTS STL STV trt 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL PER 84 BRA

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes capituliflora Bertero ex Colla; Hortus Ripul.: 4 (1824)

= Achyranthes dioica Pav. ex Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 350 (1849)

= Alternanthera capituliflora (Bertero ex Colla) Schinz; Engl., Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2. 16c: 76 (1934)

= Alternanthera coriacea Herzog; Meded. Herb. Leid. No. 46, 6 (1922)

= Alternanthera floridana (Chapm.) Small; Fl. S.E. U.S.: 396 (1903)

= Alternanthera praelonga var. australis Pedersen; Adansonia, sér. 3, 19: 222 (1997)

= Gomphrena brachiata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.; Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 5: 542 (1819), nom. superfl.

= Illecebrum flavescens (Mart.) Spreng.; Syst. 1: 819 (1824)

= Mogiphanes flavescens (Kunth) Mart.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 2: 36 (1826)

= Telanthera brasiliensis f. capitata Chodat; Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 1: 433 (1901)

= Telanthera capituliflora (Bertero ex Colla) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 381 (1849)

= Telanthera flavescens (Kunth) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 382 (1849)

= Telanthera floridana Chapm.; Fl. South. U.S.: 383 (1860)

species :

Alternanthera flavicoma (Andersson) Howell; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. Ser. IV. 21: 107 (1933)

Distribution: Galapagos

83 GAL

Synonyms: hidden

= Telanthera flavicoma Andersson; Vet. Akad. Handl. Stockh. 1853 166 (1855)

= Achyranthes flavicoma (Andersson) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

species :

Alternanthera flavida Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 300 (1934)

Distribution: Peru; NE-Brazil (Bahia)

83 PER 84 BRA

Synonyms: hidden

= Alternanthera asterophora Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Chicago, Bot. Ser. 11: 150 (1936)

species :

Alternanthera flosculosa J.T.Howell; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 21: 107 (1933)

Distribution: Galapagos

83 GAL

species :

Alternanthera galapagensis (Stewart) Howell; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. Ser. IV. 21: 108 (1933)

Distribution: Galapagos

83 GAL

Conservation Status: IUCN R

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes galapagensis (Stewart) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Telanthera galapagensis Stewart; Proc. Calif. Acad. Ser. IV. 1: 57 (1911)

species :

Alternanthera geniculata Urb.; Symb. Antill. 7: 211 (1912), non Standl. 1915

Distribution: Dominican Republic; Haiti; St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Barthélémy

81 HIS SBA STM

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes geniculata (Urb.) Moscoso; Cat. Fl. Doming., Pt. 1, 175 (1943)

= Achyranthes urbani Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Alternanthera urbani (Standl.) Urb.; Symb. Antill. 8: 754 (1921)

species :

Alternanthera grandis Eliasson; Fl. Ecuador, 28(44): 99 (1987)

Distribution: Ecuador

83 ECU

species :

Alternanthera halimifolia (Lam.) Standl. ex Pittier; Man. Pl. Usuales Venez. 145 (1926)

Name: West Indian joyweed (EN)

Distribution: USA (Texas); Mexico (Quintana Roo, Veracruz, Yucatan); Belize; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I] (St. Croix [I], St. Thomas [I]); St. Martin/St. Maarten; Grenada; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; ?E-Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Chile (Arica y Parinacota, Tarapacá, Atacama)

77 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ PAN 81 ARU BON CUB CUR GRE JAM pue STM vir 82 FRG GUY SUR 83 GAL PER 85 CLE

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes frutescens (L´Hér.) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Achyranthes halimifolia Lam.; Encyc. 1: 517 (1785)

= Achyranthes incana Pav. ex Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 365 (1849), nom. inval.

= Achyranthes martinicensis (Moq.) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 73 (1915)

= Adoketon maritimum Raf.; Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 1: 438 (1817)

= Adoketon saxatile Raf.; Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 1: 438 (1817)

= Alternanthera asterotricha Uline; Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 1: 419 (1899)

= Alternanthera culebrasensis Uline; Field Columb. Mus. Bot. 1: 420 (1899)

= Alternanthera ficoidea var. flavogrisea (Urb.) Fawc. & Rendle; Fl. Jamaica 3: 140 (1914)

= Alternanthera ficoidea var. halimifolia (Lam.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 539 (1891)

= Alternanthera flavogrisea (Urb.) Urb.; Symb. Antill. 5: 340 (1907)

= Alternanthera frutescens R.Br. ex Spreng.; Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 1: 819 (1824), pro syn.

= Alternanthera halimifolia subsp. macrophylla J.T.Howell; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 21: 112 (1933)

= Alternanthera manillensis (Walp.) Kanis; Contr. Herb. Austral. 1: 6 (1972)

= Alternanthera martinicensis (Moq.) Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Chicago, Bot. Ser. 8: 9 (1930)

= Alternanthera martinicensis (Moq.) Stehlé; Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 108: 329 (1962), isonym

= Alternanthera tenella subsp. flavogrisea (Urb.) Mears & Veldkamp; Taxon, 27(2-3): 313 (1978)

= Bucholzia frutescens (L´Hér.) Mart.; Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 52 (1817)

= Celosia peruviana Van Spand. ex Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 365 (1849)

= Gomphrena ficoidea Jacq.; Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 88 (1763)

= Illecebrum alsinifolium Scop.; Delic. Insub. 3: 27 (1788)

= Illecebrum frutescens L´Hér.; Stirp. Nov. 75. t. 34 (1784)

= Illecebrum incanum Rich. ex Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 362 (1849)

= Illecebrum limense Dum.Cours.; Bot. Cult. 1: 646 (1802)

= Paronychia frutescens (L´Hér.) Desf.; Tabl. ed. I. 41 (1804)

= Telanthera densiflora Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 366 (1849)

= Telanthera flavogrisea Urb.; Symb. Antill. 1: 300 (1899)

= Telanthera frutescens (L´Hér.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 365 (1849)

= Telanthera frutescens var. acutifolia Moq.; DC., Prodr. 13(2): 366 (1849)

= Telanthera frutescens var. manillensis (Walp.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 366 (1849)

= Telanthera halimifolia (Lam.) A.Stewart; Proc. Calif. Acad. Ser. IV. 1: 58 (1911)

= Telanthera manillensis Walp.; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 404 (1843)

= Telanthera martinicensis Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 366 (1849)

species :

Alternanthera helleri (B.L.Rob.) Howell; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. Ser. IV. 21: 109 (1933)

Distribution: Galapagos

83 GAL

Conservation Status: IUCN R

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes helleri (B.L.Rob.) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Alternanthera helleri f. obtusior (B.L.Rob.) J.T.Howell; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 21: 110 (1933)

= Telanthera helleri B.L.Rob.; Proc. Amer. Acad. 38: 138 (1902)

= Telanthera helleri var. obtusior B.L.Rob.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 38: 139 (1902)

species :

Alternanthera herniarioides Beurl.; Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1854: 143 (1854)

Distribution: Panama

80 PAN

Remarks: provisionally accepted name

species :

Alternanthera hirtula (Mart.) R.E.Fr.; Arkiv Bot., Stockh. 16: No. 12, reimpr. 18 (1920)

Distribution: S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul); Paraguay (Amambay, Canindeyu, Paraguari); Uruguay (sin localidad); Argentina (Corrientes, Misiones)

84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes paraguayensis Standl.; J. Wash. Acad Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Alternanthera hirtula subvar. atropurpurea (Chodat) Chodat; Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 18: 277 (1926 publ. 1927)

= Alternanthera hirtula subvar. cinabarina (Chodat) Chodat; Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 18: 277 (1926 publ. 1927)

= Alternanthera hirtula subvar. pallens (Chodat) Chodat; Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 18: 278 (1926 publ. 1927)

= Alternanthera hirtula subvar. straminea (Chodat) Chodat; Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 18: 277 (1926 publ. 1927)

= Alternanthera hirtula var. hirsuta Pedersen; Bonplandia (Corrientes) 10: 84 (2000)

= Alternanthera hirtula var. robusta Chodat; Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève ser. 2, 18: 277 (1926 publ. 1927)

= Alternanthera hirtula var. rosea (Morong) Chodat; Bull. Soc. Bot. Geneve, Ser. II. 18: 277 (1927 publ. 1926)

= Alternanthera rosea (Morong) Uline & W.L.Bray; Bot. Gaz. 20: 453 (1895)

= Mogiphanes hirtula Mart.; Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 30. t. 129 (1817)

= Mogiphanes rosea Morong; Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 7: 206 (1893)

= Telanthera hirtula (Mart.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 380 (1849)

= Telanthera rosea (Morong) Chodat; Bull. Herb. Boiss. Ser. II. 1: 433 (1901)

= Telanthera rosea var. atropurpurea Chodat; Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 1: 433 (1901)

= Telanthera rosea var. cinnabarina Chodat; Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. 2, 1: 433 (1901)

variant :

var. hirsuta Pedersen; Bonplandia, 10(1-4): 84 (2000)

Distribution: Paraguay (Alto Paraná, Canindeyu)

85 PAR

variant :

var. nitens Pedersen; Bonplandia, 10(1-4): 84 (2000)

Distribution: Paraguay (Amambay, Canindeyu)

85 PAR

species :

Alternanthera inaccessa Pedersen; Adansonia 19(2): 219 (1997)

Distribution: Paraguay (Alto Paraguay)

85 PAR

species :

Alternanthera indica Sindu Arya, V.S.A.Kumar, Sánch.Pino & Iamonico; Phytotaxa 482(2): 192 (2021)

Distribution: India (Kerala)

40 IND

species :

Alternanthera ingramiana (Standl.) Schinz; Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16c: 76 (1934)

Distribution: Tobago

81 TRT

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes ingramiana Standl.; Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 28: 87 (1915)

species :

Alternanthera januarensis J.C.Siqueira; Eugeniana 27: 11 (2004)

Distribution: SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)

84 BRA

species :

Alternanthera kanhae Vanzara, Katara & Nagar; Phytotaxa 500(1): 25 (2021)

Distribution: India (Gujarat)

40 IND

species :

Alternanthera kurtzii Schinz ex Pedersen; Darwiniana 14: 435 (1967)

subspecies :

subsp. kurtzii

Distribution: Bolivia (Santa Cruz); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Central, Concepcion, Pres. Hayes); Uruguay (Artigas, Colonia, Paysandu, Rio Negro); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Salta, Santa Fe, Tucuman)

83 BOL 85 ARG PAR URU

Synonyms: hidden

= Alternanthera polygonoides var. elongata Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 44: 37 (1938)

subspecies :

subsp. sclerosperma Pedersen; Bonplandia, 10(1-4): 86 (2000)

Distribution: Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Central)

85 PAR

species :

Alternanthera laguroides (Standl.) Standl.; Standl. & Calderon, Lista Pl. Salvador, 74 (1925), Standl. & Steyerm., Fieldiana, Bot. 24: IV. 149 (1946)

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, San Luis Potosi); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama

79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes laguroides Standl.; Contrib. US. Nat. Herb. 18: 90 (1916)

species :

Alternanthera lanceolata (Benth.) Schinz; Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16c: 75 (1934)

Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, Nariño, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima); Venezuela (Merida, Sucre, Tachira, Zulia); Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Argentina (Jujuy, Salta)

79 MEX 80 COS GUA NIC PAN 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU GAL PER 85 ARG

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes lehmannii (Hieron.) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Achyranthes mexicana (Schltdl. & Cham.) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Achyranthes panamensis Standl.; Contrib. US. Nat. Herb. 18: 89 (1916)

= Achyranthes stenophylla Standl.; Contrib. U. S. Nat Herb. 18: 90 (1916)

= Alternanthera aristata (Danguy & Cherm.) Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 39: 2 (1935)

= Alternanthera aristata f. glabra Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 39: 2 (1935)

= Alternanthera lehmannii Hieron.; Bot. Jahrb. 20: Beibl. n. 49 (1895) 8

= Alternanthera meridensis O.Stützer; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 88: 44 (1935)

= Alternanthera mexicana (Schltdl.) Hieron.; Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 8 (1895), nom. illeg.

= Alternanthera mexicana f. lanuginosa Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 301 (1934)

= Alternanthera mexicana Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 352 (1849)

= Alternanthera mexicana var. divergens Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 301 (1934)

= Alternanthera mexicana var. gracilis Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 301 (1934)

= Alternanthera mexicana var. lehmannii (Hieron.) Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 44: 36 (1938)

= Alternanthera meyeriana (Regel & Körn.) Suess.; Lilloa 4: 127 (1939)

= Alternanthera microcephala (Moq.) Schinz; Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16c: 75 (1934)

= Alternanthera panamensis (Standl.) Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 8: 9 (1930)

= Alternanthera stenophylla (Standl.) Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 8: 9 (1930)

= Brandesia lanceolata Benth.; Pl. Hartw. 247 (1839)

= Brandesia mexicana Schltdl.; Linnaea 7: 392 (1832)

= Iresine mexicana (Moq.) Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 322 (1934)

= Mogiphanes soratensis Rusby; Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 6: 503 (1910)

= Pfaffia meridensis Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 334 (1934), nom. inval.

= Sertuernera meridensis Klotzsch ex Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 334 (1934), pro syn.

= Telanthera aristata Danguy & Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 28: 437 (1922)

= Telanthera cinerascens Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 372 (1849)

= Telanthera lanceolata (Benth.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 371 (1849)

= Telanthera mexicana (Schltdl.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 372 (1849)

= Telanthera meyeriana Regel & Körn.; Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1856: 24 (1856)

= Telanthera microcephala Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 371 (1849)

= Telanthera microcephala var. hispida Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 372 (1849)

species :

Alternanthera laxa Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 300 (1934)

Distribution: Venezuela

82 VEN

Remarks: provisionally accepted name

species :

Alternanthera littoralis P.Beauv.; Fl. Oware 2: 72 (1818)

Name: Seaside joyweed

Distribution: USA (Florida); Bahamas; Cuba; Dominican Republic; ?French Guiana; NE-Brazil (Piauí, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe); SE-Brazil (Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Santa Catarina); Vanuatu [I]

60 van 78 USA 81 BAH CUB HIS 84 BRA

Conservation Status: IUCN R

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes maritima (A.St.-Hil.) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Alternanthera ficoidea Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I.: 67 (1859), nom. illeg., non (L.) Beauverd

= Alternanthera littoralis P.Beauv. ex Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 365 (1849)

= Alternanthera littoralis var. maritima (Mart.) Pedersen; Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 12(1): 71 (1990)

= Alternanthera maritima (Mart.) A.St.-Hil.; Voy. Bres. 2: 43 (1833)

= Alternanthera maritima (Mart.) D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. 1: 867 (1839)

= Alternanthera maritima var. communis A.St.-Hil.; Voy. Distr. Diam. 2: 437 (1833)

= Alternanthera maritima var. concatenata A.St.-Hil.; Voy. Distr. Diam. 2(2): 43 (1833)

= Alternanthera maritima var. parvifolia A.St.-Hil.; Voy. Distr. Diam. 2(2): 43 (1833)

= Bucholzia maritima Mart.; Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 50. t. 147 (1826)

= Celosia arenaria Salzm. ex Seub.; Mart. Fl. Bras. 5(1): 170 (1875)

= Illecebrum maritimum (Mart.) Spreng.; Syst. 4: Cur. Post. 103 (1827)

= Telanthera maritima (Mart.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 364 (1849)

= Telanthera maritima var. communis (A.St.-Hil.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 365 (1849)

= Telanthera maritima var. concatenata (A.St.-Hil.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 365 (1849)

= Telanthera maritima var. parvifolia (A.St.-Hil.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 365 (1849)

variant :

var. sparmannii (Moq.) Pedersen; Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 12(1): 72 (1990)

Distribution: Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Annobon Isl.; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Cabinda; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola; South Africa; Madagascar

22 BEN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI MTN NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 ANN BIO CAB CMN CON GAB PRI SAO ZAI 26 ANG 27 SAF 29 MDG

Synonyms: hidden

= Alternanthera littoralis var. guineensis Pedersen; Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 12(1): 71 (1990)

= Alternanthera maritima var. africana Hauman; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 18: 115 (1946)

= Alternanthera maritima var. sparmannii (Moq.) Mears; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 129: 11 (1977 publ. 1978)

= Celosia stolonifera Lepr. ex Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 365 (1849), pro syn.

= Telanthera maritima var. sparmannii Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 365 (1849)

species :

Alternanthera longipes (Moq.) Benth.; Fl. Austral. 5: 252 (1870)

Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)

50 AUS

Synonyms: hidden

= Telanthera longipes Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 370 (1849)

= Gomphrena longipes (Moq.) F.Muell.; Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. 3: 125 (1862)

species :

Alternanthera lupulina Kunth; Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 206 (1817)

Distribution: Peru

83 PER

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes lupulina Willd. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 15 (1840), nom. inval.

= Alternanthera andicola (Moq.) Schinz; Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16c: 75 (1934)

= Bucholzia lupulina (Kunth) Mart.; Beitr. Amarant. 108 (1825)

= Illecebrum lupulinum (Kunth) Spreng.; Syst. 1: 820 (1824)

= Telanthera andicola Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 373 (1849)

= Telanthera lupulina (Kunth) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 374 (1849)

species :

Alternanthera macbridei Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Chicago, Bot. Ser. 11: 151 (1936)

Distribution: Peru

83 PER

Synonyms: hidden

= Alternanthera macbridei f. minor Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 54 (1937)

species :

Alternanthera malmeana R.E.Fr.; Arkiv Bot., Stockh. 16: No. 1a, reimpr., 15 (1920)

Distribution: N-Brazil; S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); Paraguay (Caaguazu, Caazapa); Argentina (Misiones)

84 BRA 85 ARG PAR

Remarks: often included in A. hirtula

variant :

var. straminea (Chodat) Pedersen; Adansonia 19(2): 220 (1997)

Distribution: Paraguay (Caaguazu, Canindeyu, Itapua)

85 PAR

Synonyms: hidden

= Telanthera rosea var. pallens Chodat; Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. 2, 1: 433 (1901)

= Telanthera rosea var. straminea Chodat; Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. 2, 1: 433 (1901)

species :

Alternanthera markgrafii Suess.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 15: 218 (1940), et Fedde, Repert. 49: 7(1940)

Distribution: SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)

84 BRA

species :

Alternanthera martii (Moq.) R.E.Fr.; Arkiv Bot., Stockh. 16: No. 13, 10 (1921)

Distribution: Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Tarija); N-Brazil (Pará, Tocantins); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Bahia); WC-Brazil (Goiás); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo); S-Brazil (Paraná); Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Tucuman)

83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes bastosiana Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Achyranthes martii (Moq.) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Achyranthes pinheirensis Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Alternanthera bastosiana Glaz.; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 3: 565 (1911), opus utique oppr.

= Alternanthera martii f. bastosiana Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 301 (1934)

= Alternanthera martii f. pinheirensis Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 301 (1934)

= Alternanthera pinheirensis Glaz.; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 3: 565 (1911), opus utique oppr.

= Alternanthera tucumana Lillo; Prim. Reun. Nac. Soc. Argentina. Cien. Nat. (Tucuman, 1916) 227 (1919) ex Descole, O´Donell & Lourteig, Lilloa 4: 35 (1939), descr. ampl.

= Alternanthera villosa (Mart.) D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. 1: 867 (1839)

= Brandesia villosa Mart.; Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 28. t. 128 (1817)

= Pfaffia villosa Spreng.; Syst. 4: Cur. Post. 106 (1827)

= Telanthera martii Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 374 (1849)

species :

Alternanthera micrantha R.E.Fr.; Arkiv Bot., Stockh. 16: No. 12, reimpr., 14 (1920)

Distribution: N-Brazil (Roraima, Pará, Amazonas, Rondônia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (São Paulo); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Argentina (Misiones)

84 BRA 85 ARG

Synonyms: hidden

= Alternanthera friesii Schinz; Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16c: 75 (1934), nom. nov.

= Alternanthera rufescens Suess.; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München, Heft 1, 3 (1950)

species :

Alternanthera microphylla R.E.Fr.; Nov. Act. Soc. Sci. Upsal. Ser. IV. 1: no. 1, 154 (1905)

subspecies :

subsp. microphylla

Distribution: Bolivia (Tarija); Argentina (Jujuy)

83 BOL 85 ARG

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes microphylla (R.E.Fr.) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

subspecies :

subsp. maior (Suess.) N.Bayón, Vera Bahima & Giuliano; Fl. Vasc. Argent. 19(1): 35 (2020)

Distribution: Argentina (Jujuy)

85 ARG

Synonyms: hidden

= Alternanthera microphylla var. maior Suess.; Lilloa 4: 127 (1939)

species :

Alternanthera minutiflora (Seub.) Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 336 (1934)

Distribution: WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso)

84 BRA

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes minutiflora (Seub.) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Telanthera minutiflora Seub.; Mart. Fl. Bras. 5(1): 177 (1875)

species :

Alternanthera multicaulis (Mart.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 538 (1891)

Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia)

84 BRA

Synonyms: hidden

= Mogiphanes multicaulis Mart.; Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 32. t. 131 (1817)

= Telanthera multicaulis (Mart.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 380 (1849)

species :

Alternanthera nahui Heenan & de Lange; New Zealand J. Bot. 47(1): 102 (2009)

Distribution: Norfolk Isl.; N-New Zealand; S-New Zealand

50 NFK 51 NZL

species :

Alternanthera nana R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland 1: 417 (1810)

Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales)

50 AUS

Synonyms: hidden

= Illecebrum nanum (R.Br.) Spreng.; Syst. 1: 819 (1824)

species :

Alternanthera nesiotes I.M.Johnst.; Contrib. Gray Herb. n. s. 68: 83 (1923)

Distribution: Galapagos

83 GAL

Conservation Status: IUCN E

species :

Alternanthera nodifera (Moq.) Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 36 (1879)

Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay); Argentina (Catamarca, Cordoba, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, Santiago del Estero, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman)

83 BOL 85 ARG PAR

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes nodifera (Moq.) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Telanthera nodifera Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 367 (1849)

species :

Alternanthera obovata (M.Martens & Galeotti) Millsp.; Field Columb. Mus. Bot. 1: 360 (1898)

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Morelos, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Belize; Honduras

79 MEX 80 BLZ HON

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes novae-brasilianae Thouin ex Schult.; Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 5: 564 (1819)

= Achyranthes obovata (M.Martens & Galeotti) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Alternanthera procumbens (Zuccagni) Schult.; Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 5: 564 (1819)

= Bucholzia obovata M.Martens & Galeotti; Bull. Acad. Brux. 10: 348 (1843)

= Everion interrupta Raf.; Sylva Tellur.: 124 (1838)

= Gomphrena procumbens Pav. ex Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 370 (1849), nom. inval.

= Gomphrena procumbens Zuccagni; Cent. Observ. Pl. 1: 22 (1806)

= Telanthera obovata (M.Martens & Galeotti) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 370 (1849)

species :

Alternanthera olivacea (Urb.) Urb.; Symb. Antill. 5: 340 (1907)

Distribution: St. Lucia; Grenadines; St. Vincent; Grenada; Tobago; Curacao; Venezuela (Falcon, Merida)

81 CUR GRE STL STV TRT 82 VEN

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes olivacea (Urb.) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Alternanthera arnoldiana Stoffers; Acta Bot. Neerl. 12: 73 (1963)

= Telanthera olivacea Urb.; Symb. Antill. 1: 303 (1899)

species :

Alternanthera paronychioides A.St.-Hil.; Voy. Bres. 2: II. 43 (1833)

subspecies :

subsp. paronychioides

Name: Smooth joyweed (EN)

Distribution: Germany [I]; China [I]; Taiwan [I]; Nepal [I]; India [I] (Andhra Pradesh [I], Assam [I], Bihar [I], Delhi [I], Haryana [I], Jammu & Kashmir [I], Karnataka [I], Madhya Pradesh [I], Maharashtra [I], Punjab [I], Rajasthan [I], Tamil Nadu [I], Uttar Pradesh [I], West Bengal [I]); Sri Lanka [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Thailand [I]; Laos [I]; Cambodia [I]; Vietnam [I]; Singapore [I]; Sumatra [I]; Philippines [I]; Java [I]; Australia [I] (Queensland [I]); New Caledonia [I]; USA [I] (Alabama [I], Delaware [I], Florida [I], Georgia [I], Louisiana [I], Mississippi [I], New Jersey [I], North Carolina [I], Pennsylvania [I], South Carolina [I], Tennessee [I], Texas [I]); Mexico (Quintana Roo, Chiapas, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. Croix, St. Thomas, Tortola); St. Martin/St. Maarten; Antigua; Barbuda; Guadeloupe; Marie-Galante; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenadines; Grenada; Barbados; Trinidad; Colombia (Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Córdoba, Magdalena, Vichada); Venezuela (Anzoategui, Apure, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Falcon); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas); S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Santa Fe)

11 ger 36 chi 38 tai 40 ban ind nep srl 41 cbd lao tha vie 42 jaw phi sng sum 50 aus 60 nwc 75 usa 77 usa 78 usa 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS HON NIC PAN 81 ABA BAH BBD CUB GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR PUE STL STM STV TCI TRT VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes paronychioides (A.St.-Hil.) Schinz; Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16c: 76 (1934)

= Alternantera polygonoides var. austrotrinidadis Suess.

= Alternanthera achyrantha var. angustifolia Mart. ex Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 358 (1849)

= Alternanthera austrotrinidadis (Suess.) Pedersen; Darwiniana, 20(1-2): 269 (1976)

= Alternanthera leucantha Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 357 (1849)

= Alternanthera paronychioides var. amazonica Huber; Bol. Mus. Goeldi Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 5: 346 (1909)

= Alternanthera paronychioides var. floribunda Hoehne; Exped. Rosevelt-Rondon, Bot. 2(41): 4 (1914)

= Alternanthera polygonoides f. halimioides Suess.; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 6: 185 (1953)

= Alternanthera polygonoides f. pubescens Diogo; Arq. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro 22: 142 (1919)

= Alternanthera polygonoides var. austrotrinitatis Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 44: 36 (1938)

= Alternanthera polygonoides var. diffusa (Mart.) Moq. ex Hicken; Apuntes Hist. Nat. 2: 95 (1910)

= Alternanthera virgata Spreng. ex Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 364 (1849)

= Bucholzia brachiata (Moq.) Schrad. ex Seub.; Mart. Fl. Bras. 5(1): 173 (1875)

= Bucholzia polygonoides var. diffusa Mart.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Mart.) 2: 51, tabs (1826)

= Steiremis repens Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 3: 41 (1837)

= Telanthera arenaria Casar. ex Seub.; Mart. Fl. Bras. 5(1): 185 (1875)

= Telanthera polygonoides var. diffusa (Mart.) Moq.; DC., Prodr. 13(2): 364 (1849)

subspecies :

subsp. chacoensis (Morong) Pedersen; Candollea 71(2): 314 (2016)

Distribution: NE-Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Central, Concepcion, Cordillera, Guaira, Paraguari); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Argentina Distrito Federal, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Tucuman)

84 BRA 85 ARG PAR

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes boliviana (Rusby) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Achyranthes chacoensis (Morong) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Achyranthes morongii (Uline) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Alternanthera boliviana Rusby; Mem. Torr. Bot. Club 4: 249 (1895)

= Alternanthera chacoensis Morong; Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 7: 208 (1893)

= Alternanthera ficoidea subsp. chacoensis (Morong) Pedersen; Fl. Ilustr. Entre Ríos (Argentina.) 3: 200 (1987)

= Alternanthera morongii Uline; Field Columb. Mus. Bot. 1: 418 (1899)

= Alternanthera paronychioides var. boliviana (Rusby) Pedersen; Darwiniana 14: 440 (1967)

= Alternanthera paronychioides var. chacoensis (Morong ex Morong & Britton) Pedersen; Darwiniana 14: 440 (1967)

= Alternanthera paronychioides var. ovata Chodat; Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 354 (1903)

= Alternanthera paronychioides var. robusta Chodat; Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. 2, 3: 355 (1903)

subspecies :

subsp. pilosa (Moq.) Pedersen; Candollea 71(2): 314 (2016)

Distribution: N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul); S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); Paraguay (Itapua); Uruguay (Durazno, Montevideo, Salto, San Jose); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Misiones, Santa Fe)

84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes pilosa (Moq.) Standl.; J. Wash. Acad Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Alternanthera boliviana subsp. amentacea Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 51 (1937)

= Alternanthera felipponei Beauverd; Bull. Soc. Bot. Genev,e, Ser. II. 268 (1921 publ. 1922)

= Alternanthera ficoidea f. aberrans (Pedersen) Pedersen; Fl. Ilustr. Entre Ríos (Argentina.) 3: 200 (1987)

= Alternanthera ficoidea f. pilosa (Moq.) Pedersen; Fl. Ilustr. Entre Ríos (Argentina.) 3: 200 (1987)

= Alternanthera ficoidea subsp. pilosa (Moq.) Pedersen; Fl. Ilustr. Entre Ríos (Argentina.) 3: 200 (1987)

= Alternanthera paronychioides f. aberrans Pedersen; Darwiniana 14: 413 (1967)

= Alternanthera paronychioides var. aberrans (Pedersen) Pedersen; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 74: 1245 (1999)

= Alternanthera paronychioides var. amentacea (Suess.) Suess.; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 2: 67 (1950)

= Alternanthera paronychioides var. pilosa (Moq.) Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 39: 4 (1935)

= Alternanthera pilosa Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 357 (1849)

species :

Alternanthera pennelliana Mears ex Pedersen; Adansonia 19(2): 221 (1997), nom. nov.

Distribution: Bolivia (Santa Cruz); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso)

83 BOL 84 BRA

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes geniculata (S.Moore) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Alternanthera geniculata (S.Moore) R.E.Fr.; Arkiv Bot., Stockh. 16: No. 12, reimpr. 18 (1920) (non Urb.)

= Telanthera geniculata S.Moore; Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. II. 4: 443 (1895)

species :

Alternanthera peruviana (Moq.) Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 302 (1934)

Distribution: Colombia (La Guajira); Ecuador; Peru

82 CLM 83 ECU PER

Synonyms: hidden

= Alternanthera ochracea Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 302 (1934)

= Alternanthera peruviana f. globifera Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 303 (1934)

= Telanthera peruviana Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 366 (1849)

= Telanthera peruviana var. decumbens Ball; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 155 (1886)

species :

Alternanthera philippo-coburgii (Zahlbr. ex Wawra) Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 303 (1934)

Distribution: SE-Brazil

84 BRA

Remarks: provisionally accepted name

Synonyms: hidden

= Hebanthe philippo-coburgii Zahlbr. ex Wawra; Itin. Princ. S. Coburgi 2: 57 (1888)

species :

Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 36 (1879)

Name: Alligatorweed (EN), Alligatorkraut (DE)

Distribution: Germany [I]; Mauritius [I]; China [I]; Taiwan [I]; Nepal [I]; India [I] (Assam [I], Jharkhand [I], Karnataka [I], Madhya Pradesh [I], Manipur [I], Meghalaya [I], West Bengal [I]); Bangladesh [I]; Myanmar [I]; Thailand [I]; South China Sea Isl. [I]; Singapore [I]; Borneo [I]; Philippines [I]; Java [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I]; New Guinea [I]; Australia [I] (Queensland [I], New South Wales [I]); New Zealand [I]; USA [I] (Alabama [I], Arkansas [I], California [I], Florida [I], Georgia [I], Illinois [I], Kentucky [I], Louisiana [I], Mississippi [I], North Carolina [I], South Carolina [I], Tennessee [I], Texas [I], Virginia [I]); Mexico (San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas); Puerto Rico [I]; Trinidad; Isla Margarita; Venezuela (Aragua, Delta Amacuro); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil (Amazonas); NE-Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Bahia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo); S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Central, Alto Paraguay); Uruguay (Montevideo); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Juan, Tucuman); Chile [I] (Valparaíso [I])

11 ger 29 mau 36 chi 38 tai 40 ban ind nep 41 mya tha 42 bor jaw lsi nwg phi scs sng 50 aus 51 nzl 74 usa 76 usa 77 usa 78 usa 79 MEX 81 pue TRT VEN 82 FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG cle PAR URU

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes aphylla (Glaz.) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Achyranthes paludosa Bunbury; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1: 109 (1841)

= Achyranthes philoxeroides (Mart.) Standl.; J. Wash. Acad Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Alternanthera aphylla Glaz.; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 58(3f): 565 (1911)

= Alternanthera philoxerina Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 303 (1934)

= Alternanthera philoxeroides f. acutifolia (Moq.) Pedersen; Adansonia, sér. 3, 19: 221 (1997)

= Alternanthera philoxeroides f. angustifolia Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 303 (1934)

= Alternanthera philoxeroides f. phyllantha (Seub.) Mears; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 129: 15 (1977 publ. 1978), no basionym ref.

= Alternanthera philoxeroides subf. philoxerina (Suess.) Pedersen; Adansonia, sér. 3, 19: 222 (1997)

= Alternanthera philoxeroides var. acutifolia (Moq.) Hicken; Apuntes Hist. Nat. 2: 94 (1910)

= Alternanthera philoxeroides var. lancifolia Chodat; Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève ser. 2, 18: 257 (1927)

= Alternanthera philoxeroides var. luxurians Suess.; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 2: 68 (1950)

= Alternanthera philoxeroides var. obtusifolia (Mart.) Hicken; Apuntes Hist. Nat. 2: 94 (1910)

= Alternanthera philoxeroides var. phyllantha (Seub.) R.E.Fr.; Ark. Bot. 16(12): 10 (1920)

= Alternanthera philoxeroides var. platyphylla (Seub.) R.E.Fr.; Ark. Bot. 16(13): 10 (1920)

= Brandesia martiana Gillies ex Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 363 (1849)

= Bucholzia philoxeroides Mart.; Nov. Act. Acad. Leop. Carol 13(1): 107 (1825)

= Bucholzia philoxeroides var. acutifolia Mart.; Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 13(1): 316 (1826)

= Bucholzia philoxeroides var. obtusifolia Mart.; Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 13(1): 316 (1826)

= Celosia amphibia Salzm. ex Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 363 (1849)

= Mogiphanes philoxeroides D.Parodi; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 5: 318 (1878)

= Telanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 362 (1849)

= Telanthera philoxeroides var. acutifolia Moq.; DC., Prodr. 13(2): 363 (1849)

= Telanthera philoxeroides var. denticulata Seub.; Fl. Bras. (Mart.) 5(1): 170 (1875)

= Telanthera philoxeroides var. linearifolia Chodat; Bull. Herb. Boissier 7(App. 1): 64 (1899)

= Telanthera philoxeroides var. obtusifolia Moq.; DC., Prodr. 13(2): 363 (1849)

= Telanthera philoxeroides var. phyllantha Seub.; Fl. Bras. (Mart.) 5, pt. 1: 169 (1875)

= Telanthera phylloxeroides var. linearifolia Chodat; Bull. Herb. Boiss. 7, App. 1: 64 (1899)

species :

Alternanthera piptantha Pedersen; Bonplandia, 10(1-4): 88 (2000)

Distribution: Paraguay (Alto Paraguay)

85 PAR

species :

Alternanthera porrigens (Jacq.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 538 (1891)

Distribution: Java [I]; Colombia (Boyacá, Cauca, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Santander); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Potosí, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Chile (Arica y Parinacota, Tarapacá, Antofagasta, Atacama, Valparaíso)

42 jaw 82 CLM 83 BOL ECU PER 85 CLE

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes bangii (Rusby) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Achyranthes porrigens Jacq.; Hort. Schoenb. 3: 54 (1798)

= Achyranthes purpurea Pav. ex Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 377 (1849)

= Alternanthera bangii Rusby ex Bol.; Mus. Hist. Nat. ´Javier Prado´, Lima 4: 200 (1940)

= Alternanthera elongata var. nigriceps (Hook.) Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 299 (1934)

= Alternanthera gomphrenoides Kunth; Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 208 (1817)

= Alternanthera junciflora (J.Rémy) I.M.Johnst.; Contrib. Gray Herb. n. s. 85: 32 (1929)

= Alternanthera nigriceps Hook.; Bot. Misc. 2: 237 (1831)

= Alternanthera nigripes Steud.; Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 56 (1840), sphalm.

= Alternanthera paniculata Kunth; Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 208 (1818)

= Brandesia porrigens (Jacq.) Mart.; Beitr. Amarant. 106 (1825)

= Celosia elongata Spreng.; J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 196 (1801)

= Celosia peruviana Zuccagni; Cent. Observ. Bot. [p. 21] No. 51 (1806)

= Gomphrena fruticosa Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 377 (1849), nom. illeg.

= Gomphrena fulgens Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 377 (1849)

= Gomphrena purpurea Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 377 (1849)

= Gomphrena trichotoma Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 377 (1849)

= Illecebrum gomphrenoides (Kunth) Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.; Syst. 5: 516 (1819)

= Illecebrum paniculatum (Kunth) Spreng.; Syst. 1: 819 (1824)

= Illecebrum sericeum (Kunth) Spreng.; Syst. I. 819 (1824)

= Mogiphanes paniculata Rusby; Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 6: 503 (1910)

= Telanthera bangii Rusby; Mem. Torr. Bot. Club 6: 110 (1896)

= Telanthera elongata var. nigriceps (Hook.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 372 (1849)

= Telanthera gomphrenoides (Kunth) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 377 (1849)

= Telanthera gomphrenoides var. ovata Moq.; DC., Prodr. 13(2): 378 (1849)

= Telanthera junciflora J.Rémy; Gay, Fl. Chil. 5: 224 (1849)

= Telanthera luzuloides Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 378 (1849)

= Telanthera paniculata (Kunth) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 377 (1849)

= Telanthera porrigens (Jacq.) Endl.; Cat. Horti Vindob. 1: 265 (1842)

= Telanthera porrigens (Jacq.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 377 (1849), isonym

= Telanthera rivetii Danguy & Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 28: 438 (1922)

variant :

var. mearsii Eliasson; Fl. Ecuador, 28(44): 89 (1987)

Distribution: Colombia; Ecuador

82 CLM 83 ECU

variant :

var. piurensis (Standl.) Eliasson; Fl. Ecuador, 28(44): 87 (1987)

Distribution: Colombia; Peru

82 CLM 83 PER

Synonyms: hidden

= Alternanthera piurensis Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Chicago, Bot. Ser. 11: 152 (1936)

species :

Alternanthera praelonga A.St.-Hil.; Voy. Bres. 2: II. 409 (1833)

Distribution: SE-Brazil (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul)

84 BRA

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes praelonga (A.St.-Hil.) Standl.; J. Wash. Acad Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Telanthera praelonga (A.St.-Hil.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 369 (1849)

species :

Alternanthera puberula (Mart.) D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. 1: 866 (1839)

Distribution: WC-Brazil (Brasilia Distrito Federal); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo); Paraguay (Alto Paraná); Argentina (Corrientes, Misiones)

84 BRA 85 ARG PAR

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes puberula (Mart.) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Alternanthera subumbellata Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 55 (1937)

= Brandesia puberula Mart.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Mart.) 2: 27 (1817)

= Pfaffia puberula (Mart.) Spreng.; Syst. 4: Cur. Post. 106 (1827)

= Telanthera puberula (Mart.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 372 (1849)

= Telanthera puberula var. warmingii Seub.; Mart., Fl. Bras. 5(1): 176 (1875)

species :

Alternanthera pubiflora (Benth.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 538 (1891)

Distribution: Mexico (Veracruz); Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Chocó, Cundinamarca, La Guajira, Nariño, Quindío, Valle); Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru

79 MEX 80 BLZ COS HON NIC PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU GAL PER

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes williamsii Standl.; Contrib. US. Nat. Herb. 18: 89 (1916)

= Alternanthera mollendoana Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 54 (1937)

= Alternanthera pubiflora f. purpurea (Standl.) Dodson & A.H.Gentry; Selbyana, 4(1-6): 228(1978)

= Alternanthera williamsii (Standl.) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 15: 458 (1925)

= Alternanthera williamsii f. purpurea Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 15: 458 (1925)

= Brandesia pubiflora Benth.; Bot. Voy. Sulph. 157 (1844)

= Brandesia pubiflora var. glomerata Benth.; Bot. Voy. Sulphur: 157 (1846)

= Gomphrena perennis var. divergens Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 57 (1937)

= Telanthera eupatorioides Remy; Gay, Fl. Chil. 5: 223 (1849)

= Telanthera glomerata Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 376 (1849)

= Telanthera pubiflora (Benth.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 375 (1849)

= Telanthera pubiflora var. glomerata (Benth.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 376 (1849)

= Telanthera pubiflora var. monocephala Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 376 (1849)

species :

Alternanthera pulchella Kunth; Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 205 (1817)

Distribution: N-Brazil; S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul)

84 BRA

Synonyms: hidden

= Alternanthera ficoidea var. versicolor (Lem.) Backer; Fl. Males. 4: 93 (1949)

= Alternanthera ficoidea var. versicolor (Lem.) L.B.Sm. & Downs; Fl. Ilha Santa Catarina 1972: 63 (1972), isonym

= Alternanthera pulchella var. versicolor (Lem.) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 4A: 202 (2003)

= Alternanthera tenella var. versicolor (Lem.) Veldkamp; Taxon 30: 208 (1981)

= Alternanthera versicolor (Lem.) Regel; Gartenflora 18: 101 (1869)

= Alternanthera versicolor f. aurea Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3. 1: 869 (1895)

= Illecebrum diffusum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.; Syst. 5: 516 (1819)

= Telanthera ficoidea var. versicolor Lem.; Ill. Hort. 12: t. 440 (1865)

= Telanthera versicolor (Lem.) Regel; Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1868: 83 (1869)

species :

Alternanthera pulverulenta Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 351 (1849)

Distribution: Peru

83 PER

Remarks: provisionally accepted name

Synonyms: hidden

= Iresine latifolia Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 351 (1849), nom. inval.

species :

Alternanthera pumila O.Stützer; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 88: 45 (1935)

Distribution: Argentina (Cordoba)

85 ARG

Synonyms: hidden

= Alternanthera pumila var. coarctata O.Stützer; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 88: 45 (1935)

species :

Alternanthera pungens Kunth; Humb. & al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 2, ed. folio: Ed. 4: 206 (1818)

Name: Khaki Weed (EN); Yerba de pollo (Dominican Republic), Stechendes Papageienblatt (DE)

Distribution: Germany [I]; Spain [I]; Italy [I]; Egypt [I] (Nile Delta [I]); Guinea [I]; Burkina Faso [I]; Togo [I]; Benin [I]; Principe Isl. [I]; São Tomé [I]; Gabon [I]; Congo [Brazzaville] [I]; Central African Republic [I]; Chad [I]; Sudan [I]; South Sudan [I]; Somalia [I]; Angola [I]; Zambia [I]; Zimbabwe [I]; Mozambique [I]; Namibia [I]; Botswana [I]; South Africa [I]; St. Helena [I]; Mozambique Channel Isl. [Iles Éparses] [I] (Ile Europa [I]); Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Seychelles [I]; Israel [I] (N-Negev Desert [I]); Saudi Arabia [I] (Asir [I]); Yemen [I]; China [I]; Pakistan [I]; Nepal [I]; Bhutan [I]; India [I] (Andhra Pradesh [I], Bihar [I], Delhi [I], Haryana [I], Jammu & Kashmir [I], Jhark:hand [I], Kerala [I], Madhya Pradesh [I], Maharashtra [I], Odisha [I], Rajasthan [I], Tamil Nadu [I], Uttar Pradesh [I], West Bengal [I]); Sri Lanka [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Andaman Isl. [I] (South Andamans [I]); Myanmar [I]; Thailand [I]; Laos [I]; Vietnam [I]; Sulawesi [I]; Philippines [I]; Java [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I]; Christmas Isl. [Austr.] [I]; Australia [I] (Western Australia [I], Northern Territory [I], South Australia [I], Queensland [I], New South Wales [I], Victoria [I]); New Caledonia [I]; Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Lanai [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); USA [I] (Alabama [I], Florida [I], Louisiana [I], New York [I], Texas [I]); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (Guana); Trinidad & Tobago [I]; Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, Nariño, Tolima, Valle); Venezuela (Venezuela Distrito Federal, Merida); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Potosí, Santa Cruz, Tarija); NE-Brazil (Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Bahia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo); S-Brazil (Paraná); Paraguay (Central); Uruguay (Montevideo); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman)

11 ger 12 spa 13 ita 20 egy 22 ben bkn gui tog 23 caf con gab pri sao 24 cha som ssu sud 26 ang moz zam zim 27 bot nam saf 28 sth 29 mau mci reu sey 34 isr 35 sau yem 36 chi 40 ban bhu ind nep pak srl 41 and lao mya tha vie 42 jaw lsi phi sul xms 50 aus 60 nwc 63 haw 75 usa 77 usa 78 usa 79 MEX 81 CUB HIS JAM PUE trt VIR 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes leiantha (Seub.) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 73 (1915)

= Achyranthes lorentzii (Uline) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Achyranthes mucronata Lam.; Encyc. 1: 547 (1783) nom. illeg.

= Achyranthes nivea Link; Buch, Phys. Beschr. Canar. Ins.: 141 (1828), nom. illeg.

= Achyranthes obovata Pav. ex Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 359 (1849)

= Achyranthes radicans Cav.; Anal. Hist. Nat. Madr. 3: 27 (1801), nom. illeg.

= Achyranthes repens L.; Sp. Pl. 1: 205 (1753)

= Alternanthera achyrantha R.Br. ex Sweet; Hort. Suburb. Lond.: 48 (1818), nom. illeg.

= Alternanthera achyrantha var. echinata (Sm.) Maiden; Agric. Gaz. New South Wales 21: 1001 (1910)

= Alternanthera achyrantha var. leiantha Seub.; Fl. Bras. (Mart.) 5(1): 183 (1875)

= Alternanthera ciliata Poepp. ex Seub.; Mart. Fl. Bras. 5(1): 183 (1875)

= Alternanthera echinata J.E.Sm.; A. Rees, Cyclop., 39(Addenda & Corrig.): sub Althernanthera, no. 10 (1819)

= Alternanthera leiantha (Seub.) Alain; Contrib. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Col. ´de la Salle´, Habana, No. 9, 1 (1950)

= Alternanthera lorentzii Uline; Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 1: 421 (1899)

= Alternanthera procumbens Rojas Acosta; Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrientes: 79 (1897), nom. illeg.

= Alternanthera pungens f. pauciflora Suess.; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München heft 2: 68 (1950)

= Alternanthera pungens var. leiantha (Seub. ex Mart.) Suess.; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München heft 4: 103 (1952)

= Alternanthera pungens var. monocephala (O.Bolòs & Marcos) O.Bolòs & Vigo; But. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., 38 Bot. 1: 89 (1974)

= Alternanthera repens (L.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. (1891) 536 & 540, isonym, nom. illeg.

= Alternanthera repens (L.) Link; Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. Alt: 154 (1821), nom. illeg. (non J. F. Gmel.)

= Alternanthera repens (L.) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. (ed. 2) 1: 65 (1840), nom. illeg.

= Alternanthera repens f. monocephala O.Bolòs & Marcos

= Alternanthera thomensis Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 223 (1919)

= Bucholzia spinescens Gillies ex Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 359 (1849)

= Celosia echinata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Roem. & Schult.; Syst. 5: 531 (1819)

= Desmochaeta sordida Bunbury; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1: 109 (1841)

= Guilleminea procumbens Rojas Acosta; Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrientes: 176 (1897)

= Illecebrum achyrantha L.; Sp. Pl. ed. II. 299 (1762)

= Illecebrum pungens (Kunth) Spreng.; Syst. 1: 820 (1824)

= Illecebrum ramosum Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 359 (1849)

= Illecebrum sinense Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 359 (1849)

= Paronychia achyrantha (L.) Desf.; Tabl. ed. II. 54 (1815)

= Pityranthus crassifolius Mart.; Denkschr. Königl. Akad. Wiss. München 5: 179 (1817), nom. superfl.

= Pupalia sordida (Bunbury) Moq.; Prodr. [DC.] 13(2): 333 (1849)

= Steiremis repens (L.) Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 3: 41 (1837)

= Telanthera pungens (Kunth) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 371 (1849)

species :

Alternanthera pycnantha (Benth.) Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Chicago, Bot. Ser. 8: 9 (1930)

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Jalisco, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Zacatecas)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes pycnantha (Benth.) Standl.; J. Wash. Acad Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Alternanthera mollis (B.L.Rob.) Loes.; Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. 58: 142 (1916 publ. 1917)

= Brandesia pycnantha Benth.; Bot. Voy. Sulph. 157 (1844)

= Telanthera grandifolia Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 376 (1849)

= Telanthera mollis B.L.Rob.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 35: 324 (1900)

= Telanthera pycnantha (Benth.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 376 (1849)

species :

Alternanthera ramosissima (Mart.) Chodat & Hassl.; Bull. Herb. Boiss., Ser. 2, 3: 355 (1903)

Distribution: Thailand [I]; Java [I]; Mexico (Chiapas); Guatemala; Belize; Nicaragua; Jamaica [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Peru; Bolivia; N-Brazil (Pará, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Paraíba); NE-Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte, Bahia); WC-Brazil (Goiás); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Canindeyu); Argentina (Misiones)

41 tha 42 jaw 79 MEX 80 BLZ GUA NIC 81 jam pue 83 BOL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes jacquinii (Schrad.) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Achyranthes ramossissima (Mart.) Standl.; J. Wash. Acad Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Alternanthera brasiliana f. jacquinii (Schrad.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 538 (1891)

= Alternanthera brasiliana var. moquinii (Webb ex Moq.) Uline & W.L.Bray; Bot. Gaz. 20: 453 (1895)

= Alternanthera brasiliana var. strigosa (Hassk.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 538 (1891)

= Alternanthera brasiliana var. villosa (Moq.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 538 (1891)

= Alternanthera dentata Stuchlík ex R.E.Fr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 354 (1913), pro syn.

= Alternanthera jacquinii (Schrad.) Alain; Bull. Torr. Bot. Cl. 92: 292 (1965)

= Alternanthera moquinii (Webb ex Moq.) Dusén; Archiv. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro 13: 63, 100 (1905)

= Alternanthera moquinii (Webb ex Moq.) Schinz; Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16c: 76 (1934), isonym

= Alternanthera moquinii var. villosa Dusén; Arq. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro 13: 63 (1905)

= Alternanthera ramosissima var. missionum Pedersen; Adansonia 19(2): 223 (1997)

= Alternanthera ramosissima var. reptans Pedersen; Adansonia 19(2): 224 (1997)

= Alternanthera strigosa Hassk.; Hoev. & de Vriese, Tijdschr. 5: 259 (1838 publ. 1839)

= Alternanthera virgata (Schrad.) Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 305 (1934)

= Celosia altissima Salzm. ex Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 381 (1849)

= Celosia diffusa Hoffmanns. ex Seub.; Mart. Fl. Bras. 5(1): 179 (1875)

= Gomphrena patula J.C.Wendl.; Bot. Beob.: 43 (1798)

= Mogiphanes diffusa Mart.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 2: 36 (1826)

= Mogiphanes jacquinii Schrad.; Index Sem. Hort. Götting. (1834) 4

= Mogiphanes ramosissima Mart.; Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 31. t. 130 (1817)

= Mogiphanes villosa Mart.; Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 33. t. 132 (1817)

= Mogiphanes virgata Schrad.; Index Sem. Hort. Götting. (1834)

= Telanthera brasiliana var. villosa Moq.; Prodr. [DC.] 13(2): 382 (1849)

= Telanthera brasiliensis f. grisea Chodat; Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. 2, 1: 433 (1901)

= Telanthera diffusa (Mart.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 382 (1849)

= Telanthera moquinii Webb ex Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 379 (1849)

= Telanthera ramosissima (Mart.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 381 (1849)

= Telanthera ramosissima var. diffusa (Mart.) Seub.; Mart., Fl. Bras. 5(1): 179 (1875)

= Telanthera strigosa (Hassk.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 370 (1849)

= Telanthera virgata (Schrad.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 382 (1849)

species :

Alternanthera regelii (Seub.) Schinz; Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16c: 75 (1934)

Distribution: WC-Brazil (Goiás); SE-Brazil (São Paulo)

84 BRA

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes regelii (Seub.) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Telanthera regelii Seub.; Mart. Fl. Bras. 5(1): 177 (1875)

species :

Alternanthera reineckii Briq.; Ann. Conserv. & Jard. Bot. Geneve, 151 (1899)

Distribution: Bolivia (Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Tocantins); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Cordillera); Uruguay (Artigas, Paysandu, Rivera, Salto, Treinta y Tres); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe)

83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes reineckii (Briq.) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Alternanthera pilosa f. petiolata Chodat; Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. 2, 3: 355 (1903)

= Alternanthera pilosa var. microphylla Chodat; Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. 2, 3: 355 (1903)

species :

Alternanthera robinsonii Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 304 (1934)

Distribution: Venezuela

82 VEN

Remarks: provisionally accepted name

Synonyms: hidden

= Alternanthera robinsonii var. laxa Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 305 (1934)

species :

Alternanthera rufa (Mart.) D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. 1: 866 (1839)

Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo); S-Brazil (Paraná); Argentina (Misiones)

84 BRA 85 ARG

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes rufa (Mart.) Standl.; J. Wash. Acad Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Alternanthera rufa var. glabrata (Seub.) R.E.Fr.; Ark. Bot. 16(12): 18 (1920)

= Brandesia rufa Mart.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 2: 26 (1826)

= Pfaffia rufa (Mart.) Spreng.; Syst. 4: Cur. Post. 106 (1827)

= Telanthera rufa (Mart.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 375 (1849)

= Telanthera rufa var. glabrata Seub.; Mart., Fl. Bras. 5(1): 178 (1875)

species :

Alternanthera rugulosa (B.L.Rob.) Howell; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. Ser. IV. 21: 111 (1933)

Distribution: Galapagos

83 GAL

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes rugulosa (B.L.Rob.) Standl.; J. Wash. Acad Sci. 5: 74 (1915)

= Telanthera rugulosa B.L.Rob.; Proc. Amer. Acad. 38: 139 (1902)

species :

Alternanthera scandens Hallier f.; Meded. Rijks-Herb. 46: 7 (1922)

Distribution: Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Argentina (Jujuy, Salta)

83 BOL 85 ARG

Remarks: often included in A. flavescens

species :

Alternanthera sericea Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H. B. K.] 2: 207 (1818)

Distribution: Ecuador

83 ECU

Remarks: provisionally accepted name

Synonyms: hidden

= Gomphrena sericea (Kunth) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 385 (1849), nom. illeg.

species :

Alternanthera serpens Pedersen; Adansonia 19(2): 224 (1997)

Distribution: Paraguay (Alto Paraguay)

85 PAR

species :

Alternanthera serpyllifolia (Poir.) Urb.; Symb. Antill. 5: 340 (1907)

Distribution: Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti

81 CUB HIS

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes serpyllifolia Poir.; Encyc. Suppl. 2: 11 (1811)

= Achyranthes tenella Poit. ex Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 341 (1849)

= Alternanthera serpyllifolia (Poir.) Schinz; Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16c: 75 (1934)

= Brandesia serpyllifolia (Poir.) Mart.; Beitr Amarant. 106 (1825)

= Cruzeta serpyllifolia (Poir.) M.Gómez; Anales Inst. Segunda Ensenanza Habana 2: 312 (1896)

= Iresine serpyllifolia (Poir.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 341 (1849)

= Telanthera serpyllifolia (Poir.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 373 (1849)

species :

Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex DC.; Cat. Pl. Hort. Monsp.: 77 (1813)

Name: Sessile joyweed; Sanguinaria, Santoma cimarrona (Dominican Republic), Magloire (Lesser Antilles), Sanguinaria (Puerto Rico)

Distribution: Germany [I]; Spain [I]; Algeria [I]; Tunisia [I]; Egypt [I] (Desert Oases [I], NE-Egypt [I], Nile Delta [I], Nile Valley [I], NW-coastal Egypt [I]); Cape Verde Isl. [I] (Santo Antao Isl. [I], Sao Vicente Isl. [I], Ilha de Sao Tiago [I]); Mauritania [I]; Senegal [I]; Gambia [I]; Guinea-Bissau [I]; Guinea [I]; Sierra Leone [I]; Liberia [I]; Mali [I]; Burkina Faso [I]; Ivory Coast [I]; Ghana [I]; Togo [I]; Benin [I]; Niger [I]; Nigeria [I]; Cameroon [I]; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [I]; Principe Isl. [I]; São Tomé [I]; Annobon Isl. [I]; Gabon [I]; Congo [Brazzaville] [I]; Central African Republic [I]; D.R.Congo [Zaire] [I]; SW-Chad [I]; Sudan [I]; South Sudan [I]; Ethiopia [I]; Eritrea [I]; Uganda [I]; Kenya [I]; Tanzania [I]; Angola [I]; Zambia [I]; Malawi [I]; Zimbabwe [I]; Mozambique [I]; Namibia [I]; Botswana [I]; South Africa [I] (Gauteng [I], Free State [I], KwaZulu-Natal [I]); Lesotho [I]; Eswatini [Swaziland] [I]; Madagascar [I]; Comores [I]; Comores [I] (Mayotte [I], etc.); Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Rodrigues [I]; Seychelles [I] (incl. Coetivy Isl. [I]); Kazakhstan [I]; Azerbaijan [I]; Iraq (S-Iraq); Iran (N-Iran); Lebanon (coastal W-Lebanon); Syria (NW-Syria); Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley); Saudi Arabia (Asir); Bahrain; Yemen; China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Japan [I]; Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, N. W. Frontier Prov., Peshawar, Pakistani Punjab, Swat, Hazara, Azad Kashmir); Nepal; Bhutan; India (throughout); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Maldives; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl. (North Andamans, Middle Andamans, South Andamans, Little Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl. (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobars, Central Nicobars, Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar (Mandalay, Taninthayi, Yangon); Thailand; Laos; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; South China Sea Isl. [I]; peninsular Malaysia (throughout); Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, etc.); Moluccas; Christmas Isl. [Austr.]; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Solomon Isl.; Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria); Norfolk Isl.; New Zealand [I]; New Caledonia; Vanuatu [I]; Tonga (Tongatapu, Vava´u); Fiji; [Western] Samoa [I] (´Upolu [I], Savai´i [I]); American Samoa [I] (Tutuila [I], Ofu [I], Ta´u [I]); Tuvalu [I] (Nui Atoll [I]); Cook Isl. (Rarotonga, Mangaia, Aitutaki, Ngaputoru Group, Palmerston, Manihiki, Rakahanga); Marquesas Isl. [I] (Nuku Hiva [I], Hiva Oa [I], Fatu Hiva [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I]); Gambier Isl. [I] (Mangareva [I]); Tuamotu Arch. [I] (Niau [I]); Palau (Babeldaob, Koror); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia (Yap, Ulithi, Ifalik, Faraulep, Murilo, Truk, Uman, Namoluk, Kapingamarangi, Pohnpei); Hawaii (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Hawaii Isl.); USA [I] (Alabama [I], Florida [I], Georgia [I], Louisiana [I]); Mexico (Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Guanajuato, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola); Nevis; St. Kitts; Antigua; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Marie-Galante; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Grenada; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; Colombia; Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Tachira, Yaracuy, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia; WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso,Mato Grosso do Sul); N-Brazil (Roraima, Pará, Amazonas, Acre); NE-Brazil (Bahia); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay)

11 ger 12 spa 20 alg egy tun 21 cvi 22 ben bkn gam gha gnb gui ivo lbr mli mtn nga ngr sen sie tog 23 ann bio caf cmn con gab pri sao zai 24 cha eri eth ssu sud 25 ken tan uga 26 ang mlw moz zam zim 27 bot les nam saf swz 29 com mau mdg reu rod sey 32 kaz 33 aze 34 IRN IRQ ISR LEB SYR 35 BAR SAU YEM 36 CHI 38 jap NNS TAI 40 BAN BHU IND LDV MDV NEP PAK SRL 41 AND CBD LAO MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI scs SUL SUM XMS 43 SOL 50 AUS NFK 51 nzl 60 asa FIJ NWC sam TON tuv van 61 COO gbi mrq sci tua 62 GUM MIC PLU 63 HAW 78 usa 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ABA BBD CAY CUB DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR MTS PUE STK STL STV TRT VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU GAL PER 84 BRA 85 PAR

Remarks: native area somewhat uncertain, especially in the Pacific

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes linearifolia Sw. ex Wikstr.; Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1825: 428 (1826)

= Achyranthes polygonoides (L.) Lam.; Encyc. 1: 547 (1785)

= Achyranthes repens Elliott; Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 309 (1817), nom. illeg.

= Achyranthes sessilis (L.) Besser; Cat. Jard. Bot. Krz. 12 (1810)

= Achyranthes sessilis (L.) Desf. ex Steud.; Nom. ed. II. 1: 16 (1840), isonym

= Achyranthes triandra Roxb.; ex Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey & Wall. 2: 505 (1824), Fl. Ind., ed. Carey, i.678 (1832)

= Achyranthes villosa Blanco; Fl. Filip. ed. I. 189 (1837)

= Allaganthera forsskaolei Mart.; Pl. Hort. Erlang.: 69 (1814)

= Alternanthera achyranthes Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt. Arabia. p. lxix (1775)

= Alternanthera achyranthoides Hiern; Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 896 (1900)

= Alternanthera denticulata var. bifaria Hassk.; Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 20 (1842)

= Alternanthera dubia Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 361 (1849), nom. illeg.

= Alternanthera ficoides P.Beauv.; Fl. Oware 2: 66 (1818)

= Alternanthera ficoides Rchb. ex Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 357 (1849)

= Alternanthera ficoides var. minor P.Beauv.; Fl. Oware 2: 66 (1818)

= Alternanthera ficoides var. versicolor Lem.; Ill. Hort. 12: t. 444 (1865)

= Alternanthera glabra Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 361 (1849)

= Alternanthera major (Benth.) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 88 (1921)

= Alternanthera nana var. major Benth.; Fl. Austral. 5: 250 (1870)

= Alternanthera nodiflora R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland: 417 (1810)

= Alternanthera nodiflora var. lanceolata Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 356 (1849)

= Alternanthera nodiflora var. linearifolia Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 356 (1849)

= Alternanthera polygonoides (L.) R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland 417 (1810) ex Sw., Hort. Suburb. Lond. 48 (June-July 1818)

= Alternanthera prostrata D.Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 76 (1825)

= Alternanthera repens J.F.Gmel.; Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis].: 106 (1791)

= Alternanthera sennii Mattei; Boll. Ort. Bot. Palermo 9: 21 (1910)

= Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg. 5: 554 (1819)

= Alternanthera sessilis f. lanceolata Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 540 (1891)

= Alternanthera sessilis f. spathulifolia Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 540 (1891)

= Alternanthera sessilis var. angustifolia Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 357 (1849)

= Alternanthera sessilis var. major Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 357 (1849)

= Alternanthera sessilis var. neglecta Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 540 (1891)

= Alternanthera sessilis var. nodiflora (R.Br.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 540 (1891)

= Alternanthera sessilis var. parviflora Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 540 (1891)

= Alternanthera sessilis var. stauntonii Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 357 (1849)

= Alternanthera sessilis var. tenuissima (Suess.) Backer; Fl. Males. 4: 93 (1949)

= Alternanthera sibirica (Vent. ex Schult.) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 65 (1840)

= Alternanthera sissoo Velde; Atoll Res. Bull. 503: 61 (2003), nom. inval.

= Alternanthera tenella Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 186 (1849), nom. illeg.

= Alternanthera tenuissima Suess.; Bot. Archiv 39: 382 (1939)

= Alternanthera triandra Lam.; Encycl. 1: 95 (1783), nom. superfl.

= Alternanthera triandra var. nodiflora (R.Br.) Maiden & Betche; Census N.S.W. Pl.: 73 (1916)

= Alternanthera uliginosa (Domin) Dinter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 53: 118 (1928)

= Bucholzia diffusa Mart.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 2: t. 149 (1826)

= Bucholzia polygonoides (L.) Mart.; Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 51 (1817)

= Gomphrena brasiliensis Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 364 (1849), pro syn.

= Gomphrena polygonoides L.; Sp. Pl.: 225 (1753), nom. utique rej.

= Gomphrena sessilis L.; Sp. Pl.: 225 (1753)

= Illecebrum denticulatum (R.Br.) Spreng.; Syst. 1: 820 (1824)

= Illecebrum indicum Houtt.; Nat. Hist. II. 7: 713, t. 43, fig. 3 (1777)

= Illecebrum polygonoides (L.) L.; Sp. Pl. ed. II. 300 (1762)

= Illecebrum sessile (L.) L.; Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 300 (1762)

= Illecebrum sibiricum Vent. ex Roem. & Schult.; Syst. 5: 516 (1819)

= Illecebrum triandrum Buch.-Ham. ex Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 360 (1849)

= Paronychia dubia Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 361 (1849)

= Paronychia sessilis (L.) Desf.; Tabl. ed. II. 45 (1815)

= Paronychia tetragona Moench; Methodus 315 (1794)

= Steiremis sessilifolia Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 3: 41 (1837)

= Telanthera polygonoides (L.) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 363 (1849)

= Telanthera polygonoides var. compacta Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 364 (1849)

= Telanthera polygonoides var. major Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 364 (1849)

species :

Alternanthera snodgrassii (B.L.Rob.) Howell; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. Ser. IV. 21: 109 (1933)

Distribution: Galapagos

83 GAL

Conservation Status: IUCN R

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes snodgrassi (B.L.Rob.) Standl.; J. Wash. Acad Sci. 5: 75 (1915)

= Telanthera snodgrassii B.L.Rob.; Proc. Amer. Acad. 38: 140 (1902)

species :

Alternanthera spinosa (Hornem.) Roem. & Schult.; Syst. 5: 555 (1819)

Name: Abrojo (Cuba)

Distribution: Cuba; Haiti

81 CUB HIS

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes spinosa Hornem.; Enum. Pl. Hort. Hafn., Suppl. 2: 1 (1808)

= Alternanthera axillaris D.Dietr.; Syn. Plant. 1: 866 (1839), pro syn.

= Celosia axillaris Mart.; Pl. Hort. Erlang.: 70 (1814)

= Illecebrum spinosum (Hornem.) Spreng.; Syst. 1: 819 (1824)

species :

Alternanthera stellata (S.Watson) Uline & W.L.Bray; Bot. Gaz. 20: 451 (1895)

Distribution: Mexico (Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Sonora)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Achyranthes watsonii Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 73 (1915)

= Alternanthera stellata var. glabrata (Rose) Uline & W.L.Bray; Bot. Gaz. 20: 451 (1895)

= Telanthera stellata S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 436 (1886)

= Telanthera stellata var. glabrata Rose; Bot. Gaz. 20: 451 (1895)

species :

Alternanthera suessenguthii Covas; Rev. Argentina. Agron. 6: 297 (1939)

Distribution: Argentina (Cordoba, Rio Negro, San Luis)

85 ARG

Synonyms: hidden

= Alternanthera australis Covas; Darwiniana 6: 257 (1943)

= Alternanthera lorentzii Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 53 (1937), nom. illeg.

= Alternanthera negrensis Suess.; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München, Heft 1, 3 (1950)

species :

Alternanthera tetramera R.E.Fr.; Arkiv Bot., Stockh. 16: No. 13, 8 (1921)

Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia)

84 BRA

species :

Alternanthera truxillensis Kunth; Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 206 (1817)

Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá, La Guajira, Magdalena); Venezuela (Carabobo, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Lara, Zulia); Ecuador; Peru

82 CLM VEN 83 ECU PER

Synonyms: hidden

= Illecebrum truxillense (Kunth) Spreng.; Syst. 1: 819 (1824)

= Telanthera truxillensis (Kunth) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 367 (1849)

species :

Alternanthera tubulosa Suess.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 56 (1937)

Distribution: Peru

83 PER

species :

Alternanthera vestita (Andersson) Howell; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. Ser. IV. 21: 108 (1933)

Distribution: Galapagos

83 GAL

Synonyms: hidden

= Telanthera vestita Andersson; Vet. Akad. Handl. Stockh. 1853 169 (1855)

= Achyranthes vestita (Andersson) Standl.; J. Washington Acad. Sc 5: 75 (1915)

species :

Alternanthera villosa Kunth; Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 208 (1817)

Distribution: Ecuador; Peru

83 ECU PER

Synonyms: hidden

= Alternanthera brasiliana var. tomentosa (Moq.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 538 (1891)

= Alternanthera tomentosa (Moq.) Schinz; Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16c: 76 (1934)

= Illecebrum villosum (Kunth) Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.; Syst. 5: 516 (1819)

= Telanthera tomentosa Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 380 (1849)

= Telanthera villosa (Kunth) Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 379 (1849)

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A complete, synonymic checklist of the Higher Plants of the World

Version 19.2 (April 17th, 2024)

Covering 354,696 accepted species, 8,644 hybrids, 47,758 accepted infraspecific taxa and 996,379 synonyms, in total 1,407,477* names

[*about 25,000 dubious, "unplaced" names and about 4,000 invalid names (Art. 24.3) like "typicus" are deliberately omitted]

With complete, detailed distribution data (countries and regions) and literature references

Arranged in linear phylogenetic sequence reflecting true relationships

Fully searchable and continously updated

With 38,290 pictures of 15,532 species

Assembled through 40 years independently from other databases

In cooperation with Catalogue of Life

Covering 354,696 accepted species,
8,644 hybrids, 47,758 accepted infraspecific taxa and 996,379 synonyms,
in total 1,407,477* names

[about 25,000 dubious, "unplaced" names and about 4,000 invalid names (Art. 24.3) like "typicus*" are deliberately omitted]