Amaranthaceae
Alternanthera

Alternanthera brasiliana (L.) Kuntze

First published in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 537 (1891)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a subshrub or helophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, has environmental uses, as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Assam, Benin, Cambodia, Cameroon, Comoros, East Himalaya, Florida, Gambia, Guinea, Hawaii, Jamaica, Jawa, Malaya, Marquesas, Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Society Is., South China Sea, Thailand, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Florence, J. (2004). Flore de la Polynésie Française 2: 1-503. IRD editions, Paris.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (1984). Flora of Bhutan 1(2): 189-462. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Leti, M., Hul, S., Fouché, J.-G., Cheng, S.K. & David, B. (2013). Flore photographique du Cambodge: 1-589. Éditions Privat, Toulouse.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Pedersen, T.M. (2016). Flora del Paraguay 46: 1-258. Editions des Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la ville de Genève.
  • Ramos Senna, L., Giulietti, A.M. & Rapini, A. (2010). Flora da Bahia: Amaranthaceae - Amaranthoideae e Gomphrenoideae. Sitientibus Sérrie Ciências Biológicas 10: 3-73.
  • Van Steenis, C.G.G.J. (ed.) (1948-1954). Flora Malesiana 4: 1-631. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • de Moura Júnior, E.G. & al. (2015). Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil. Acta Amazonica 45: 111-132.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Castro, C. (Proveedor de metadatos), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). Versión 11.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Bayón, N.D., Giuliano, D.A. & Bahima, J.V. (2022). Revisión taxonómica de las especies de Alternanthera (Amaranthaceae) del cono sur (Argentina, sur de Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y uruguay) y Bolivia. Annals from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 160-249. MBG press.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • GBIF (2008-2020). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (1984). Flora of Bhutan 1(2): 189-462. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Leti, M., Hul, S., Fouché, J.-G., Cheng, S.K. & David, B. (2013). Flore photographique du Cambodge: 1-589. Éditions Privat, Toulouse.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • T. Smitinand & K. Larsen, eds. (1987). Flora of Thailand 5: 1-470. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Belgrano, M.J. (eds.) (2020). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 19(1): 1-378. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.
  • de Moura Júnior, E.G. & al. (2015). Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil. Acta Amazonica 45: 111-132.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. (2017). Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2015). Listado de especies de Productos No Maderables del caribe colombiano. 366 registros, aportados por: Garcia, H. (Contacto del Recurso), López Camacho, R. (Creador del recurso), Espitia Palencia, L. (Proveedor del metadatos). Versión 2.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_bst-caribe_plantae_2015
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Henicka, G.S.; Sasaki, D.; Corrêa, T.R.; André, T.J.C.; Mortati, A.F.; Araújo, C.F.L.; Piva, J.H. [34] Brazil K000578453 Yes
Jun 1, 2007 Darbyshire, I. [4] Cameroon K000190757 No
May 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1776] Cameroon K000051089 No
Jan 1, 1988 Cid Ferreira, C.A.; Lima, J.; Guedes, J. [4763] Brazil K001207312 Yes
Riedel [137] Brazil K001207361 Yes
Hahn, W.J.; Grifo, F. [9] Venezuela K001636857 No
Nascimento, M.S.B. [28] Brazil K001207299 Yes
Ball, J. [s.n.] Brazil K001207367 Yes
Gardner [2295] Brazil K001207308 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [1161] Brazil K001207293 Yes
Lima, L. [342] Brazil K001207301 Yes
Alcoforado, F.G. [482] Brazil K001207282 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K001207315 Yes
Burchell [755] Brazil K001207368 Yes
Riedel [1677] Brazil K001207362 Yes
Prance, G.T. [5880] Brazil K001207330 Yes
Lowe, J. [4281] Brazil K001207309 Yes
Forzza, R.C. [3181] Brazil K001207281 Yes
Salzmann [s.n.] Brazil K001207364 Yes
Boland, G. [s.n.] Brazil K001207288 Yes
Melo, R. [1403] Brazil K001207284 Yes
Riedel [25] Brazil K001207360 Yes
Regnell, A.F. [III/214] Brazil K001207357 Yes
Glaziou, A. [10014] Brazil K001207325 Yes
Fernandes, D. [79] Brazil K001207291 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K001207331 Yes
Burchell [825] Brazil K001207369 Yes
Mori, S. [12847] Brazil K001207332 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [8817] Brazil K001207328 Yes
Spruce, R. [824] Brazil K001207316 Yes
Ule, E. [9034] Brazil K001207295 Yes
Eiten, G. [4077/B] Brazil K001207306 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Milliken, W.; Miller, R. [6340] Brazil K001207314 Yes
Forero, E.; Wrigley, B.L. [7052] Brazil K001207303 Yes
Goodenough [s.n.] K001207326 Yes
Archer, W.A. [7709] Brazil K001207290 Yes
Harley, R.M. [20522] Brazil K001207335 Yes
Gardner [2295] Brazil K001207307 Yes
Preston, T.A. [s.n.] Brazil K001207327 Yes
Nascimento, M.S.B. [125] Brazil K001207298 Yes
Appun, C. [1665] Guyana K001207319 Yes
s.coll. [1852] Brazil K001207321 Yes
Way, M.J. [SWM2426] Brazil K001207285 Yes
Traill, J.W.H. [695] Brazil K001207318 Yes
Teixeira, L.O.A. [364] Brazil K001207287 Yes
Stutts, J.G. [812] Brazil K001207337 Yes
Burchell [7215] Brazil K001207323 Yes
Harley, R.M. [20842] Brazil K001207334 Yes
Lemos, J.R.; Matias, P. [177] Brazil K001207279 Yes
Gardner [s.n.] Brazil K001207324 Yes
Pirani, J.R.; Furlan, A.; Diacuí, J.; Castro, N.M.; Kawasaki, M.I.; Amaral, M.C.E. [CFCR 1918] Brazil K001207311 Yes
Giulietti, A.M. [CFCR/1227] Brazil K001207310 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K001207317 Yes
Glocker [s.n.] K001207363 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [48770] Brazil K001207313 Yes
Miers, J. [3619] Brazil K001207356 Yes
Ball, J. [s.n.] Brazil K001207358 Yes
Claussen [s.n.] Brazil K001207366 Yes
Harley, R.M. [22708] Brazil K001207333 Yes
Silva, M.; Souza, R. [2235] Brazil K001207304 Yes
Alcoforado, F.G. [316] Brazil K001207297 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Santos, R.R.; Souza, R.; Fonseca, S.F. [22837] Brazil K001207302 Yes
Silva, G.P. [2426] Brazil K001207283 Yes
Nascimento, M.S. [529] Brazil K001207300 Yes
Eiten, G. [4460] Brazil K001207305 Yes
Burchell [7315] Brazil K001207329 Yes
Ule, E. [8116] Brazil K001207294 Yes
Orlandi, R. [PCD635] Brazil K001207280 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K001207359 Yes
Burchell [9006] Brazil K001207322 Yes
Glocker [s.n.] Brazil K001207365 Yes
Nascimento, M.S.B. [35] Brazil K001207296 Yes
Williams, L.O. [7133] Brazil K001207289 Yes
Bolland [12] Brazil K001207292 Yes
Fonseca, W.N. [376] Brazil K001207336 Yes

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