Alternanthera rufa

Alternanthera rufa

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 rufa

Name

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

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Brandesia rufa Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 2: 26. (1826)
    • Type locality: Brazil.
    • Syntype: In udis campis prope Taubaté et S. José. Provinciae S. Pauli. Martius, C.F.P. von #Obs. 460. Syntype: M M0241666.
    • Syntype: In sylvis udis ad fluvium Rio da Onça in Serro Frio, Prov. Minas Geraes. Martius W. von #Obs. 1174. Syntype: M0241665; Isosyntype: P P00622588 #s.n.
• Homotypic
  • Achyranthes rufa (Mart.) Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 74. (1915)
  • Pfaffia rufa (Mart.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(2, Cur. Post.): 106. (1827)
  • Telanthera rufa (Mart.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 375. (1849)
• Heterotypic
  • Alternanthera rufa var. glabrata (Seub.) R.E.Fr., Ark. Bot. 16(2): 18. (1920)
  • Telanthera rufa var. glabrata Seub., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 5(1): 178. (1875)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast Southern South America Argentina Northeast References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Dietrich, D. 1839. Synopsis plantarum: seu, Enumeratio systematica plantarum plerumque adhuc cognitarum cum differentiis specificis et synonymis selectis ad modum Persoonii elaborata. Tomus 1. pp. 1–879. Vimariae: B. F. Voigtii. BHL Reference page. : 866
• Martius, C.F.P. de 1826. Nova genera et species plantarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII–MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi suscepto collegit et descripsit Dr. C. F. P. de Martius ..., vol. 2. Pp. 1–148, tt. 101–200. Typis C. Wolf, Monachii [Munich]. BHL Reference page. : 26, t. 125, t. 127
• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Amarantaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 231–424. Masson, Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 375
• Sprengel, C. 1827. Systema Vegetabilium, editio decima sexta. Voluminis IV. Pars II. Curae Posteriores. Gottingae [Göttingen]: Librariae Dieterichianae. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 106
• Standley, P.C. 1915. The application of the generic name Achyranthes. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 5: 72–76. BHL Reference page. : 74

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera rufa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 22. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera rufa. 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. 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera rufa. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 22 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera rufa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Oct. 2019.

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