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The genus Alternanthera is in the family Amaranthaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Alternanthera

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Alternanthera acaulis Andersson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera adscendens Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera albida (Moq.) Griseb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera albosquarrosa Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera albotomentosa Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera altacruzensis Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera aniospoda Standl.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Alternanthera aquatica (Parodi) Chodat	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera arequipensis Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera areschougii R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera aristata (Danguy & Cherm.) Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera asterotricha Uline	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera aurata Moq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera austrotrinitatis (Suess.) Pedersen	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Alternanthera bahiensis Pedersen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera bettzickiana (Regel) G.Nicholson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera boliviana Rusby	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera brasiliana (L.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera brasiliensis Voss	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera broadwayi Standl.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Alternanthera calcicola Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera cana Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera canescens Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera capituliflora (Bertero) Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera caracasana Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera caribaea Moq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera celosioides Moq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera cinerella Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera collina Pedersen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera congesta Suess. & O.Stützer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera cordobensis (Standl.) Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera coriacea Herzog	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera corymbiformis Eliasson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera costaricensis Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera crassifolia (Standl.) Alain	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera crucis (Moq.) Bold.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera decurrens J.C.Siqueira	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera dendrotricha C.C.Towns.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera dominii Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera dubia Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera dunaliana Griseb.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Alternanthera echinata Fisch. & C.A.Mey.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera echinocephala (Hook.f.) Christoph.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera elongata (Willd.) Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera eupatorioides Remy	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Alternanthera fasciculata Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera fastigiata Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera felipponei Beauverd	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	4
Alternanthera filaginoides Desv. ex Ham.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Alternanthera filifolia (Hook.f.) J.T.Howell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera flava (L.) Mears	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera flavescens Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera flavescens Moq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera flavicoma (Andersson) J.T.Howell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera flavida Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera flosculosa J.T.Howell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera frutescens (L'Hér.) R.Br. ex Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera galapagensis (A.Stewart) J.T.Howell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera geniculata Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera genticulata S. Moore	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Alternanthera glaucescens (Hook.f.) J.T.Howell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera glaziovii R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera gomphrenoides Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera grandis Eliasson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera halimifolia (Lam.) Standl. ex Pittier	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera helleri (B.L.Rob.) J.T.Howell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera herniarioides Beurl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera hirsuta R.E. Fr.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Alternanthera hirtula (Mart.) R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera inaccessa Pedersen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera ingramiana (Standl.) Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera jacquinii (Schrad.) Alain	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera januarensis J.C.Siqueira	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera juncea Phil.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Alternanthera junciflora (Remy) I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera kuntheana Klotzsch	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Alternanthera kuntzii Schinz	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Alternanthera kurtzii Schinz ex Pedersen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera lactea Hieron.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Alternanthera laguroides (Standl.) Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera lanceolata (Benth.) Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera laxa Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera linearis Bello	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera littoralis P.Beauv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Alternanthera longipes (Moq.) Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera losseni Burret	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Alternanthera lupulina Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera macbridei Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera macrorhiza Hauman	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera malmeana R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera maritima D.Dietr.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera markgrafii Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera martii (Moq.) R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera mexicana Moq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera micrantha R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera microphylla R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera minutiflora (Seub.) Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera mollendoana Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera mollis (B.L.Rob.) Loes.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera morongii Uline	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera multicaulis (Mart.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera multiflora (Seub.) Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera muscoides Benth. & Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera nahui Heenan & de Lange	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera nesiotes I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera nigriceps Hook.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera nodifera (Moq.) Griseb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera nudicaulis (Hook.f.) Christoph.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera obovata (M.Martens & Galeotti) Millsp.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera olivacea (Urb.) Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera panamensis (Standl.) Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera paniculata Bello	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera paronychioides A.St.-Hil.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	3
Alternanthera parviflora Moq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera pennelliana Mears ex Pedersen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera peruviana (Moq.) Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera philippo-coburgii (Zahlbr.) Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera piptantha Pedersen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera plumila Stuckert	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Alternanthera polycephala Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera porrigens (Jacq.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera praelonga A.St.-Hil.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera procumbens Schult.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera puberula (Mart.) D.Dietr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera pubiflora (Benth.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera pulchella Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera pulverulenta Moq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera pumila O.Stützer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera pungens Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera pycnantha (Benth.) Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera radicata Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera raimondii Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera ramosissima (Mart.) Chodat & Hassl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera regelii (Seub.) Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera reineckii Briq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera rigida B.L.Rob. & Greenm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera robinsonii Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera rufa (Mart.) D.Dietr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera rugulosa (B.L.Rob.) J.T.Howell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera scandens Hallier f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera scirpoides Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera sclerosperma Pedersen	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Alternanthera sericea Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera serpens Pedersen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera serpyllifolia (Poir.) Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera snodgrassii (B.L.Rob.) J.T.Howell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera spinosa (Hornem.) Schult.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera stellata Uline & W.L.Bray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera stenophylla (Standl.) Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera strictiuscula (Andersson) Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera stringillosa Sodiro	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Alternanthera subscaposa Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera suessenguthii Covas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera tetramera R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera tomentosa (Moq.) Schinz	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera truxillensis Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera tubulosa Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera tucumana Lillo	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera vestita (Andersson) J.T.Howell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera villosa Sm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Alternanthera villosa Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 540 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Alternanthera. Of these 137 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 202 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Alternanthera. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 540 species names for the genus Alternanthera recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	137	25.4%
◕	Synonym	338	62.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	65	12.0%

All names

The status of the 742 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Alternanthera recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	139	18.7%
◕	Synonym	532	71.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	71	9.6%

Of the species names,

• 11 are recorded as invalid
• 24 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 540 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Alternanthera, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	129	319	0	0	448	83.0%
	Low confidence	8	19	0	65	92	17.0%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Alternanthera is as follows: