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VicFlora Flora of Victoria

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Amaranthaceae
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Alternanthera

Taxonomic status Accepted

Occurrence status Present

Origin Native

Degree of establishment Native

Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves opposite. Spike contracted, rarely pedunculate, capitate, terminal or axillary. Flowers bisexual, each subtended by a small bract and a pair of bracteoles; tepals 5, free; fertile stamens 2–5, staminodes usually present, all united at base into a membranous cup surrounding the ovary; stigma ± sessile. Fruit indehiscent, flattened.

About 80 species, widespread in tropical and warm-temperate areas (chiefly South America); 11 species in Australia, 5 introduced.

Source:

Walsh, N.G. (1996). Amaranthaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., ‍Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae‍, pp. 199–215. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 8 Feb. 2019

Key to the species of Alternanthera

Alternanthera (hero image)

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Alternanthera

Subordinate taxa

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Alternanthera denticulata R.Br.

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Alternanthera nodiflora R.Br.

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Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.

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Alternanthera pungens Kunth

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Alternanthera sp. 1

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