Common Weeds in South Africa
Common Weeds S. Afr.

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Alternanthera pungens Kunth

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name cited:
Alternanthera pungens Kunth

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

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epithet: pungens

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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.;