Alternanthera sessilis

Alternanthera sessilis

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 sessilis

Name

Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC., Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. 77. (1813)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Gomphrena sessilis L., Sp. Pl. 1: 225. (1753)
    • Type locality: "Habitat in India".
    • Lectotype (designated by Mears 1980, Taxon 29: 89.): Sri Lanka. Herb. Hermann 2: 9, No. 116. BM BM000621528 (Position on page: centre; On same page as BM000621524, BM000621525, BM000621526, BM000621527, BM000621529, BM000621530 and BM000621531).
• Homotypic
  • Achyranthes sessilis (L.) Besser, Cat. Jard. Bot. Krzemieniec 12. (1810)
  • Achyranthes sessilis (L.) Desf. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 16. (1840)
  • Alternanthera sessilis R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 417 (1810), nom. inval.
  • Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. (ed. 15 bis) 5: 554. (1819), isonym
  • Illecebrum sessile (L.) L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1: 300. (1762)
  • Paronychia sessilis (L.) Desf., Tabl. École Bot., ed. 2. 45. (1815)
  • Achyranthes ficoidea var. sessilis (L.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 259. (1805)
• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
  • Achyranthes triandra Roxb., Hort. Bengal.: 19 (1814), Fl. Ind. (Carey & Wallich ed.) 2: 505; Fl. Ind. (Roxburgh) i. 678 (1832) (1824).
    • Lectotype (designated by Turner 2013: 153.): [Icon] Rheede, Hort. Malab. 10: t. 11. 1690
  • Achyranthes villosa Blanco, Fl. Filip. [F.M. Blanco] 189 (1837), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Achyranthes villosa Forssk., 1775).
  • Alternanthera prostrata D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 76 (1825).
  • Alternanthera sibirica (Vent. ex Schult.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 65 (1840).
  • Illecebrum denticulatum (R.Br.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 820 (1824).
  • Illecebrum indicum Houtt., Nat. Hist. II. vii. 713, t. 43, fig. 3 (1777); Christm. Pflanzensyst. v. 731, t. 43, fig. 3 (1779); fide Merrill in Journ. Arn. Arb. 1938, xix. 336, in syn.
  • Illecebrum sibiricum Vent. ex Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 516 (1819).
  • Illecebrum triandrum Buch.-Ham. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 360 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Paronychia dubia hort. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 361 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Paronychia tetragona Moench, Methodus (Moench) 315 (1794).
  • Steiremis sessilifolia Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 41 (1837).
• (+ ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Achyranthes nodiflora (Willd.) Roxb., Fl. Ind., ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 505 (1824); Fl. Ind., ed. Carey, i. 678 (1832).
  • Allaganthera forskohlei Mart., Hort. Erlang. 69 (1814).
  • Alternanthera achyranthes Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. lix, 28. (1775)., as "achyranth."
  • Alternanthera denticulata Wall., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6922 (1832), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Alternanthera denticulata R.Br. 1810).
  • Alternanthera dubia hort. Paris. ex Moq.,Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 361 (1849), nom. inval. (homonym of Alternanthera dubia Kunth, 1818).
  • Alternanthera ficoidea var. amoena (Lem.) L.B.Sm. & Downs, Fl. Ilustr. Catarin. [Amara]: 62. (1972) [synonymized with Alternanthera bettzickiana by Govaerts 2019]
  • Alternanthera ficoides Rchb. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 357 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Alternanthera nodiflora R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 417 (1810). [accepted species by Govaerts 2019]
  • Alternanthera sennii Mattei, Boll. Ort. Bot. Palermo ix. 21 (1910).
  • Alternanthera sessilis var. amoena Lem., Ill. Hort. 12: t. 447. (1865) [synonymized with Alternanthera bettzickiana by Govaerts 2019]
  • Alternanthera sessilis var. nodiflora (R.Br.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 540. (1891)
  • Alternanthera triandra Lam., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 1(1): 95 (1783), nom. illeg. superfl. (for Alternanthera achyranth.)
  • Telanthera polygonoides Seem., Bot. Voy. Herald [Seemann] 10: 407 (1857). (later homonym of Telanthera polygonoides Moq. (1849).
• (+ Synonyms for Alternanthera polygonoides, as basionym is nom. rej. 2018)
  • Alternanthera polygonoides R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 417 (1810), nom. inval.
  • Alternanthera polygonoides (L.) R.Br. ex Sweet, Hort. Suburb. Lond. 48 (1818), nom. rej.
  • Achyranthes polygonoides (L.) Lam., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 1(2): 547 (1785), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Achyranthes polygonoides Retz., 1781)
  • Bucholzia polygonoides (L.) Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 51 (1826).
  • Gomphrena polygonoides L., Sp. Pl. 1: 225 (1753), nom. rej.
  • Illecebrum polygonoides (L.) L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1: 300 (1762).
  • Telanthera polygonoides (L.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 363 (1849).
  • Alternanthera virgata Spreng. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 364 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Celosia nodiflora Salzm. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 364 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Gomphrena brasiliensis hort. Aven. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 364 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.

Homonyms

• Alternanthera sessilis Lem., (1865), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Tropics and subtropics worldwide, widespread References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• de Candolle, A.P. 1813. Catalogus plantarum Horti Botanici Monspeliensis. Monspelii: J. Martel. Parisiis et Argentorati: A. Koenig. Bibliotheca Digital Reference page. : 77
• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum, Tomus I: 225.
• Mears, J.A. 1980. The Linnaean Species of Gomphrena L. (Amaranthaceae). Taxon 29(1): 85–95. DOI: 10.2307/1219601 . JSTOR . Reference page. : 89

Additional references

• 'eFloras 2008. Alternanthera sessilis in Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
• Iamonico, D. & Sánchez-del Pino, I. 2016. Taxonomic revision of the genus Alternanthera (Amaranthaceae) in Italy. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology 150(2): 333–342. DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2015.1019588 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera sessilis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 22.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera sessilis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 22.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera sessilis. Published online. Accessed Oct. 22 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera sessilis . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 22.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Alternanthera sessilis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

English: Sessile Joyweed, Dwarf Copperleaf

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