Alternanthera pycnantha

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 pycnantha

Name

Alternanthera pycnantha (Benth.) Standl., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 8: 9. (1930)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Brandesia pycnantha Benth., Bot. Voy. Sulphur: 157. (1846)
    • Type locality: Mexico, Acapulco.
    • Type: 1838-01-12, George W. Barclay, #2020. Holotype: BM BM000993102; Isotype: K K000582967.

• Homotypic
  • Achyranthes pycnantha (Benth.) Standl., J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74. (1915)
  • Telanthera pycnantha (Benth.) Moq., A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 376. (1849)
• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
  • Alternanthera mollis (B.L.Rob.) Loes., Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 58: 142. (1916 publ. 1917)
  • Telanthera grandifolia Moq., A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 376. (1849)
  • Telanthera mollis B.L.Rob., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 35: 324. (1900)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bentham, G. 1844–1846. The botany of the voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R.N., C.B., F.R.G.S, etc. during the years 1836–42. 195 pp., 60 tt. Smith, Elder and Co., London. BHL Reference page. : 157
• 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. : 376
• 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. 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 pycnantha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 21. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera pycnantha. 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. 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera pycnantha. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 21 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera pycnantha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Oct. 2019.