Alternanthera costaricensis

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 costaricensis

Name

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

• Type: Costa Rica: Ost-Costa Rica, 300 m. Kuntze #s.n.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Achyranthes costaricensis (Kuntze) Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 74. (1915)
• Heterotypic
  • Achyranthes megaphylla Standl., N. Amer. Fl. 21(2): 141. (1917)
    • Type: Costa Rica: collected in forest, Río Hondo, plains of Santa Clara, alt. 100 m. 1903-05-06, O.F. Cook & C.B. Doyle #573. Holotype: US-474437 US00102718.
  • Alternanthera megaphylla (Standl.) Standl., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 8: 9. (1930)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Central America Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. : 538
• 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
• Standley, P.C. 1917. Amaranthaceae. pp. 95–169. In: North American Flora. Vol. 21, Part 2. The New York Botanical Garden. BHL Reference page. : 141
• Standley, P.C. 1930. Studies of American plants – III. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 8(1): 3–73. BHL. Reference page. : 9

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera costaricensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 09. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera costaricensis. 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. 09. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera costaricensis. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 09 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera costaricensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Oct. 2019.