Alternanthera paniculata

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 paniculata

Name

Alternanthera paniculata Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 208. (1818).

• Type locality (ref. Moquin 1849): "In Columbia prope Chillo Quitensium, alt. 1300 hexap."
• Lectotype: Colombia (or Ecuador?). Crescit in umbrosis humidis juxta Cumana. [Humboldt, F.W.H.A. von &] Bonpland A.J.A. #3000. Lectotype: P P00136013; Isotypes: F F0047582F, F0BN003224 #s.n. , P00136014

Accepted by Hassler 2019. Considered as a synonym of Alternanthera porrigens by Govaerts 2019.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Telanthera paniculata (Kunth) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 377. (1849)
  • Illecebrum paniculatum (Kunth) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 819. (1824)
• Heterotypic
  • Telanthera bangii Rusby, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 6: 110. (1896)
    • Type: Bolivia: Cochabamba, near snow line, Mt Tunari (?). 1891, M. Bang #1024. Type: E00296965; Isotypes: BR0000008432827, F0047928F, K000583036, NY00341974, PH00030213.
  • Achyranthes bangii (Rusby) Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 74. (1915)
  • Alternanthera bangii Rusby auct., Bol. Mus. Hist. Nat. Javier Prado 4: 200. (1940)

Homonyms

• Alternanthera paniculata Bello, in Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 12: 106. (1883), nom. illeg.

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S. 1817–1818 ["1817"]. Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt. Tomus 2 (quarto ed.). 406 pp., tt. 97–192. Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 208
• 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. : 377
• Sprengel, C. 1824 ('1825'). Caroli Linnaei, ... Systema vegetabilium. Ed. 16. Vol. I: Classis 1–5. 992 pp. Sumtibus Librariae Dieterichianae, Gottingae [Göttingen]. BHL Reference page. : 819
• Rusby, H.H. 1896. [An enumeration of the plants collected in Bolivia by Miguel Bang, with descriptions of new genera and species.] On the collections of Mr. Miguel Bang in Bolivia.—Part III. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 6: 1–130. BHL JSTOR Reference page. : 110
• 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 paniculata 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 paniculata. 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 paniculata. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 16 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera paniculata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Oct. 2019.