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Taxon:
Alternanthera sessilis
(L.) DC.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Alternanthera
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Nomen number:
2713
Place of publication:
Cat. pl. horti monsp. 77. 1813
Comment:
combination not validly made by R. Brown, Prodr. 1:417. 1810
authorship verified from original literature
Verified:
03/12/2004
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Gomphrena sessilis
L.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Achyranthes sessilis
(L.) Besser
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Alternanthera glabra
Moq.
No images
Reference(s)
Adams, C.
1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
Aubréville, A. et al., eds.
1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
Bosser, J. M. et al., eds.
1976-. Flores des Mascareignes.
Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/BSBI/taxonsearch.php
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
El-Hadidi, M. N. & M. S. Abdallah.
1980-. Flora of Egypt.
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed.
1986-. Flora of the Guianas.
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
URL:
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds.
1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
Hnatiuk, R. J.
1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Mears, J. A.
1978. The nomenclature and type collections of the widespread taxa of
Alternanthera
(Amaranthaceae). Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 129(1):3-6.
Ohwi, J.
1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Padua, L. S. de et al., eds.
1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):109.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Plant Protection and Quarantine Office.
United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Federal noxious weed list (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/permits/noxiousweed_list.html
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Reitz, R., ed.
1965-. Flora ilustrada catarinense.
Ross, J.
1972. The flora of Natal.
Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A.
State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
URL:
http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5090172
Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds.
1970-. Flora of Thailand.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Note:
lists as
Alternanthera sessilis
(L.) DC.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
rabbit-meat –
Reference(s)
sessile joyweed –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
periquito-sessil –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
bredo-d�água –
Reference(s)
perpétua –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
lian zi cao –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Anhui Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Fujian Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangdong Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guizhou Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hubei Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hunan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Jiangsu Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Jiangxi Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Sichuan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Yunnan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Zhejiang Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bhutan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Nepal
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Cambodia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Laos
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
4
Naturalized
natzd. elsewhere
Native
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Anhui Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu]
EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan
,
India
,
Nepal
INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia
,
Laos
,
Myanmar
,
Thailand
,
Vietnam
MALESIA:
Indonesia
,
Malaysia
,
Philippines
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
,
Sri Lanka
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
vegetable
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Medicines
folklore
Padua, L. S. de et al., eds.
1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):109.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Weed
potential seed contaminant
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Name
References