Alternanthera stellata

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 stellata

Name

Alternanthera stellata (S.Watson) Uline & W.L.Bray, Bot. Gaz. 20: 451. (1895)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Telanthera stellata S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 436. (1886)
    • Type locality: Mexico: Chihuahua, Hacienda San Miguel, near Batopilas.
    • Type: 1885-08, Edw. Palmer #4. Holotype: GH GH00037143; Isotypes: GH00037144, K K000582964, PH PH00030219, VT UVMVT031112.
• Homotypic
  • Achyranthes watsonii Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 73. (1915), nom. nov.
    • blocked by Achyranthes stellata Willd., (1798).
• Heterotypic
  • Alternanthera stellata var. glabrata (Rose) Uline & W.L.Bray, Bot. Gaz. 20: 451. (1895)
  • Telanthera stellata var. glabrata Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1(3): 111. (1891)
    • Type locality: Mexico: Sonora. Alamos.
    • Type: 1890-09-16 – 1890-09-30, Edw. Palmer #660a. Holotype: GH00036942; Isotype: US00102773.

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Rose, J.N. 1891. List of plants collected by Dr. Edward Palmer in Western Mexico and Arizona in 1890. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 1(4): 91–116. BHL Reference page. : 111
• Standley, P.C. 1915. The application of the generic name Achyranthes. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 5: 72–76. BHL Reference page. : 73
• Uline, E.B. & Bray, W.L. 1895. Synopsis of North American Amaranthaceae. II–IV. Botanical Gazette 20: II. 155–161. BHL, III. 337–344. BHL, IV. 449–453. BHL Reference page. : 451
• Watson, S. 1886. Contributions to American Botany. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 21(2): 414–468. BHL Reference page. : 436

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alternanthera stellata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 23. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Alternanthera stellata. 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. 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alternanthera stellata. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 23 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alternanthera stellata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Oct. 2019.