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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Alternanthera

Hierarchical position of the Genus Alternanthera

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Caryophyllidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Caryophyllanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Caryophyllales Perleb pub. 1826       Familia  Amaranthaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 87. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Amaranths       Genus  Alternanthera Forssk. common name: joyweed

Named members of the Genus Alternanthera

1	Species  achyrantha (L.) R. Br. ex Sweet syn. Alternanthera pungens
2	Species  amoena (Lemaire) Voss syn. Alternanthera bettzichiana
3	Species  bettzichiana (Regel) Voss common name: calicoplant
4	Species  brasiliana (L.) Kuntze common name: Brazilian joyweed
5	Species  caracasana Kunth common name: washerwoman
6	Species  crucis (Moq.) Boldingh common name: West Indian joyweed
7	Species  dentata (Moench) Stuchlik ex R.E. Fries syn. Alternanthera brasiliana
8	Species  dolichocephala (Urban) Urban syn. Alternanthera crucis
9	Species  ficoidea auct. non (L.) R. Br. ex Roemer & J.A. S syn. Alternanthera tenella
10	Species  flavescens Kunth common name: yellow joyweed
11	Species  flavogrisea Urban common name: hairy joyweed
12	Species  floridana (Chapman) Small syn. Alternanthera flavescens
13	Species  glabra Moq. syn. Alternanthera sessilis
14	Species  hasslerana Chodat ex Chodat & Hassler syn. Alternanthera hassleriana
15	Species  hassleriana Chodat ex Chodat & Hassler common name: Hassler's alternanthera
16	Species  jacquinii (Schrad.) Griseb. ex Kuntze syn. Alternanthera brasiliana
17	Species  maritima (Mart.) St.-Hil. common name: seaside joyweed
18	Species  paronichyoides St.-Hil.
	19    Varietas  amazonica Huber common name: smooth joyweed 20    Varietas  paronichyoides common name: smooth joyweed
21	Species  peploides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex J.A. Schultes) Urban syn. Alternanthera caracasana
22	Species  philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb. common name: alligatorweed
23	Species  polygonoides auct. non (L.) R. Br. ex Sweet syn. Alternanthera paronichyoides var. paronichyoides
24	Species  portoricensis Kuntze syn. Alternanthera crucis
25	Species  pungens Kunth common name: khakiweed
26	Species  ramosissima auct. non (Mart.) Chod. syn. Alternanthera flavescens
27	Species  repens (L.) Link, non J.F. Gmel. syn. Alternanthera pungens
28	Species  sessilis (L.) R. Br. ex DC. common name: sessile joyweed
29	Species  tenella Colla
	30    Subspecies  flavogrisea (Urban) Mears & Veldkamp syn. Alternanthera flavogrisea 31    Varietas  versicolor (Lem.) Veldkamp syn. Alternanthera bettzichiana

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.