Alternanthera caracasana Kunth

name cited:
Alternanthera peploides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schultes) Urban
name cited (basionym):
Illecebrum peploides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schultes
name recognized:
Alternanthera caracasana Kunth

drawing: R. Melville

family: Amaranthaceae
subfamily: Gomphrenoideae
tribe: Gomphreneae
subtribe: Froelichiinae

epithet cited: peploides

epithet recognized: caracasanus,-a,-um

Illustration contributed by:
JSTOR digital library, U.S.A.

link to this page:
http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=448141

heterotypic synonyms:
Alternanthera parvifolia (Moq.) Fawc. & Rendle; Alternanthera peploides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schultes) Urban; Alternanthera villiflora Scheele; Celosia humifusa Willd. ex Schultes; Illecebrum peploides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schultes; Telanthera caracasana (Kunth) Moq.;