Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R. Br. ex DC. [ Alternanthera ficoides P. Beauv.]
Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J., Flore d’Oware et de Benin en Afrique (1804-1807)
Fl. Oware

vol. 2 (1807)
t. 99 f. 1
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Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R. Br. ex DC.


name cited:
Alternanthera ficoides P. Beauv.
name recognized:
Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R. Br. ex DC.
name recognized (basionym):
Gomphrena sessilis L.
drawing: J.G. Prêtre
family: Amaranthaceae
subfamily: Gomphrenoideae
tribe: Gomphreneae
subtribe: Froelichiinae
epithet cited: ficoides

epithet recognized: sessilis,-is,-e

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homotypic synonyms:
Achyranthes sessilis species (L.) Besser; Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R. Br.; Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R. Br. ex Roemer & Schultes; Gomphrena sessilis L.; Illecebrum sessile (L.) L.;
heterotypic synonyms:
Allaganthera forskalli Mart.; Allaganthera forsskaolei Mart.; Alternanthera achyranthes Forssk. ex C.Chr.; Alternanthera achyranthoides Forssk.; Alternanthera achyranthoides Hiern; Alternanthera angustifolia R. Br.; Alternanthera denticulata R. Br.; Alternanthera dubia Moq.; Alternanthera ficoides P. Beauv.; Alternanthera glabra Moq.; Alternanthera major (Benth.) Domin; Alternanthera micrantha (Benth.) Domin; Alternanthera nana R. Br.; Alternanthera nodiflora R. Br.; Alternanthera polygonoides (L.) R. Br. ex Sweet; Alternanthera prostrata D. Don; Alternanthera repens J. Gmelin; Alternanthera sennii Mattei; Alternanthera sibirica (De Vest ex Roemer & Schultes) Steudel; Alternanthera tenella Moq.; Alternanthera tenuissima Suess.; Alternanthera triandra Lam.; Alternanthera uliginosa (Domin) Dinter; Gomphrena brasiliensis Moq.; Gomphrena polygonoides L.; Illecebrum indicum Houtt.;
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