Alternanthera pungens Kunth [ Alternanthera achyrantha (L.) R. Br.]
Webb, P.B., Berthelot, S., Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries (1836-1850)
Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries

vol. 2(3): (1844)
t. 199 p. 193 (1836)
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Alternanthera pungens Kunth


name cited:
Alternanthera achyrantha (L.) R. Br.
name cited (basionym):
Illecebrum achyrantha L.
name recognized:
Alternanthera pungens Kunth
drawing: J.C. Heyland
family: Amaranthaceae
subfamily: Gomphrenoideae
tribe: Gomphreneae
subtribe: Froelichiinae
epithet cited: achyranthus,-a,-um

epithet recognized: pungens

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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.;
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