Alternanthera pennelliana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Gomphrenoideae
Genus: Alternanthera
Species: Alternanthera pennelliana

Name

Alternanthera pennelliana Mears ex Pedersen, Adansonia sér. 3, 19(2): 221. (1997), nom. nov.

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Telanthera geniculata S.Moore, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. ser. 2, 4: 443. (1895)
    • Type locality Brazil, Mato Grosso, Corumba.
    • Type: 1891, S.L. Moore #1093. Holotype: BM BM000993122.
• Homotypic
  • Achyranthes geniculata (S.Moore) Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 74. (1915).
  • Alternanthera geniculata (S.Moore) R.E.Fr., Ark. Bot. 16(12): 18. (1920), nom. illeg. (later homonymof Alternanthera geniculata Urb., 1912)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Western South America Bolivia Brazil Brazil West-Central Southern South America Paraguay References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pedersen, T.M. 1997. Studies in South American Amaranthaceae. IV. Adansonia, série 3, 19: 217–251. [1] Reference page. : 221
• Moore, S. le M. 1895. The phanerogamic botany of the Matto Grosso expedition, 1891–92. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Botany, ser. 2, 4: 265–516, tt. 21–39, map. BHLReference page. : 443
• Standley, P.C. 1915. The application of the generic name Achyranthes. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 5: 72–76. BHL Reference page. : 74
• Fries, R.E. 1920. Zur Kenntnis der süd- und zentralamerikanischen Amarantaceenflora. Arkiv för Botanik 16(12): 1–43, (4 tabs, 11 figs). BHL Reference page. : 18

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera pennelliana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 17. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera pennelliana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera pennelliana. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 17 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera pennelliana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Oct. 2019.