Alternanthera meyeriana

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 meyeriana

Name

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

Accepted by Govaerts 2019; considered as synonym of Alternanthera lanceolata and Alternanthera martii [basionym] by Hassler 2019.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Telanthera meyeriana Regel & Körn., Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1856: 24. (1856)
    • Type: Bolivia. [Cluito] Cochabamba. 1856-09, Cuming, H. #s.n. Holotype: LE; Isotypes: F F0040535F, K K000583035, P .
• Heterotypic
  • Alternanthera tucumana Lillo, Primera Reun. Nac. Soc. Argent. Ci. Nat. 227. (1919)
    • Type: Argentina, Provincia: Tucumán, Cuesta de Malamala. 1905/03/08, Lillo, M. #4373. Type: LIL000424.

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Suessenguth, K. 1939. Über einige amerikanische Amaranthaceae und Rhamnaceae [On some American Amaranthaceae and Ramnaceae]. Lilloa 4: 125–135. (German) PDF. Reference page. : 127
• Regel, E. (et al.) 1856. In: Annotationes Botanicae. Index Seminum, quae Hortus Botanicus Imperialis Petropolitanus pro Mutua Commutatione Offert 1856: 16–40. BHL Reference page. : 24

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera meyeriana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 16. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera meyeriana. 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. 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera meyeriana. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 16 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera meyeriana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Oct. 2019.