Alternanthera hirtula

Alternanthera hirtula

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 hirtula

Varietates: A. h. var. hirtula – A. h. var. nitens

Name

Alternanthera hirtula (Mart.) R.E.Fr., Ark. Bot. 16, no. 12: 18 (1920).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Mogiphanes hirtula Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 30, t. 129 (1826).
    • Type locality: Brazil: "Crescit in campis ad Porto Feliz et alibi in Provincia S. Pauli. E Cisplatina Provincia misit clar. Sellow."
    • Type: Brazil. Martius, C.F.P. von #s.n. Type(?): M0241616.
• Homotypic
  • Telanthera hirtula (Mart.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 380 (1849).
• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
  • Achyranthes paraguayensis Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915), nom. nov. for Mogiphanes rosea Morong
  • Alternanthera hirtula subvar. atropurpurea (Chodat) Chodat, Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève ser. 2, 18: 277 (1927).
  • Alternanthera hirtula var. hirsuta Pedersen, Bonplandia (Corrientes) 10(1-4): 84 (fig. 1G-I) (2000).
  • Alternanthera hirtula var. robusta Chodat, Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève ser. 2, 18: 277 (1927).
  • Alternanthera hirtula var. rosea Chodat, Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève ser. 2, 18: 277 (1927).
  • Alternanthera rosea (Morong) Uline & W.L.Bray, Bot. Gaz. 20: 453 (1895).
  • Mogiphanes rosea Morong, Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 206 (1893).
    • Type: Paraguay, Distrito Capital, Asunción. 1888-12-02, T. Morong #221. Holotype: NY00324547; Isotypes: GH00038583, PH00018128.
  • Telanthera rosea (Morong) Chodat, Bull. Herb. Boissier Ser. II. i. 433.
  • Telanthera rosea var. atropurpurea Chodat, Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 1: 433 (1901).
  • Telanthera rosea var. cinnabarina Chodat, Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 1: 433 (1901).
  • Telanthera rosea var. pallens Chodat, Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 1: 433 (1901).

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• 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
• 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. : 30, t. 129
• 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. : 380
• 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 hirtula in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 12. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera hirtula. 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. 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera hirtula. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 12 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera hirtula. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Oct. 2019.

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