Webb, P.B., Berthelot, S., Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries (1836-1850)
Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries

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vol. 2(3): (1844)

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t. 199 p. 193 (1836)

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Alternanthera pungens Kunth

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name cited:
Alternanthera achyrantha (L.) R. Br.
name cited (basionym):
Illecebrum achyrantha L.
name recognized:
Alternanthera pungens Kunth

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drawing: J.C. Heyland

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family: Amaranthaceae
subfamily: Gomphrenoideae
tribe: Gomphreneae
subtribe: Froelichiinae

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epithet cited: achyranthus,-a,-um

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epithet recognized: pungens

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Illustration contributed by:
Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

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http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=189875

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synonyms:

homotypic synonyms:
Illecebrum pungens (Kunth) Sprengel; Telanthera pungens (Kunth) Moq.;
heterotypic synonyms:
Alternanthera achyrantha (L.) R. Br.; Alternanthera achyrantha R. Br. ex Sweet; Alternanthera ciliata Poeppig ex Seub.; Alternanthera echinata Sm.; Alternanthera leiantha (Seub.) Alain; Alternanthera lorentzii Uline; Alternanthera procumbens Rojas Acosta; Alternanthera repens (L.) Kuntze; Alternanthera repens (L.) Link; Alternanthera thomensis Gand.; Bucholzia spinescens Gillies ex Moq.; Celosia echinata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schultes; Desmochaeta sordida Bunbury; Guilleminea procumbens Rojas Acosta; Illecebrum achyrantha L.; Pupalia sordida Moq.;