Alternanthera pungens

Alternanthera pungens

Alternanthera pungens

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 pungens

Name

Alternanthera pungens Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 206. (1818)

Type locality: Venezuela: "Crescit in ripa Orinoci prope nobilem cataractam Maypurensium".
Humboldt & Bonpland #s.n.

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Illecebrum pungens (Kunth) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 820 (1824).
- Telanthera pungens (Kunth) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 371 (1849).
Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
- Achyranthes leiantha (Seub.) Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 73 (1915).
- Achyranthes lorentzii (Uline) Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915).
- Achyranthes obovata Pav. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 359 (1849), nom. inval. in syn. (non Achyranthes obovata (M.Martens & Galeotti) Standl. 1915).
- Achyranthes repens L., Sp. Pl. 1: 205 (1753).
- Alternanthera achyrantha R.Br. ex Sweet, Hort. Suburb. Lond. 48 (1818).
- Alternanthera achyrantha var. echinata (Sm.) Maiden, Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales (1910).
- Alternanthera achyrantha var. leiantha Seub., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 5(1): 183 (1875).
- Alternanthera ciliata Poepp. ex Seub., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 5(1): 183 (1875).
- Alternanthera echinata Sm., Cycl. [A. Rees], (London ed.) 39: Addenda, Alternanthera no. 10 (1819).
- Alternanthera leiantha (Seub.) Alain, Contr. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio De La Salle no. 9: 1 (1950).
- Alternanthera lorentzii Uline, Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 1: 421 (1899).
- Alternanthera pungens var. leiantha (Seub.) Suess., Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München heft 4: 103 (1952).
- Alternanthera pungens var. monocephala (Bolus & Marcos) O.Bolòs & Vigo, Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 38(1): 89 (1974).
- Alternanthera pungens f. pauciflora Suess., Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München heft 2: 68 (1950).
- Alternanthera thomensis Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 223 (1919).
- Bucholzia spinescens Gillies ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 359 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
- Celosia echinata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 531 (1819).
- Desmochaeta sordida Bunbury, Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 109 (1841).
- Guilleminea procumbens Rojas Acosta, Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrientes 176 (1897).
- Illecebrum obliquum Schumach. & Thonn., Beskr. Guin. Pl. 142 (1827).
- Illecebrum sinense hort ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 359 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
- Paronychia achyrantha Desf., Tabl. École Bot., ed. 2. 54 (1815).
- Pityranthus crassifolius Mart., Denkschr. Akad. Muench. v. (1817) 179.
- Steiremis repens (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 41 (1837).
(+ ref. Hassler 2019)
- Achyranthes mucronata Lam., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 1(2): 547 (1785).
- Achyranthes radicans Cav., Anal. Hist. Nat. Madr. 3: 27 (1801)
- Alternanthera repens (L.) Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 154 (1821), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Alternanthera repens Gmel. 1791)
- Alternanthera repens Steud., Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 34 (1821), nom. inval. in syn.
- Alternanthera repens (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 536, 540 (1891), isonym, nom. illeg.
- Alternanthera repens f. monocephala O.Bolòs & A.Marcos
- Illecebrum achyrantha L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1: 299 (1762), nom. illeg. superfl.
- Illecebrum ramosum hort ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 359 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
- Pupalia sordida (Bunbury) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 333 (1849).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America
- Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
Southern America
- Caribbean
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico
- Northern South America
  - Venezuela
- Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- Brazil
  - Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
- Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay

Introduced elsewhere.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd 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. : 206
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. : 820
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. : 333, 359, 371

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera pungens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 18. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera pungens. 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. 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera pungens. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 18 2019. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera pungens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Oct. 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Alternanthera pungens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

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