Alternanthera pungens Kunth [ Alternanthera achyrantha var. leiantha Seub.]
Martius, C.F.P. von, Eichler, A.G., Urban, I., Flora Brasiliensis (1840-1906)
Fl. Bras.

vol. 5(1): (1855-1875)
[Polygonaceae, Thymelaeaceae, Proteaceae; Santalaceae, Myristicaceae; Salsolaceae; Amaranthaceae]
t. 55 p. 183 (1864)
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Alternanthera pungens Kunth


name cited:
Alternanthera achyrantha var. leiantha Seub.
name recognized:
Alternanthera pungens Kunth
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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