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Taxon:
Alternanthera bettzickiana
(Regel) G. Nicholson
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Alternanthera
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Nomen number:
105429
Place of publication:
Ill. dict. gard. 1:59. 1884
Comment:
although Nicholson's reference to a basionym was only "Brasilia, 1862"
since Nicholson's name was otherwise validly published, it can be treated as a new combination under
Shenzhen ICN
41.4
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
Telanthera bettzickiana
Regel
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Alternanthera amoena
(Lem.) Voss
Alternanthera ficoidea
(L.) P. Beauv. var.
amoena
(Lem.) L. B. Sm. & Downs
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Reference(s)
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.
Note:
=
Alternanthera tenella
var.
bettzickiana
(Regel) Veldk.
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Note:
lists as
Alternanthera bettzickiana
(Regel) Voss
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Note:
lists as
Alternanthera bettzickiana
(Regel) Voss
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Note:
lists as
Alternanthera bettzickiana
(Regel) Voss
El-Hadidi, M. N. & M. S. Abdallah.
1980-. Flora of Egypt.
Note:
lists as
Alternanthera bettzickiana
(Regel) Voss
Encke, F. et al.
1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Note:
=
Alternanthera ficoidea
'Bettzickiana'
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long.
1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Note:
lists as
Alternanthera bettzickiana
(Regel) Voss
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.
Note:
lists as "
bettzichiana
"
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Note:
lists as
Alternanthera bettzickiana
(Regel) Voss
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Mears, J. A.
1978. The nomenclature and type collections of the widespread taxa of
Alternanthera
(Amaranthaceae). Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 129(1):16-19.
Note:
lists as
Alternanthera bettzickiana
(Regel) Voss
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Note:
lists as
Alternanthera bettzickiana
(Regel) Voss
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
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
lists as
Alternanthera bettzickiana
(Regel) Voss
Reitz, R., ed.
1965-. Flora ilustrada catarinense.
Note:
=
Alternanthera ficoidea
var.
spathulata
(Lemaire) L. B. Sm. & Downs
Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds.
1970-. Flora of Thailand.
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed.
1948-. Flora malesiana.
Note:
=
Alternanthera ficoides
var.
bettzichiana
(G. Nicholson) C. A. Backer
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Note:
=
Alternanthera tenella
var.
bettzickiana
(Regel) Veldk.
Veldkamp, J. F.
1978. (449) A proposal to reject the name
Alternanthera ficoidea
(Linné) Beauv. (Amaranthaceae) in favour of
Alternanthera tenella
Colla. Taxon 27:313.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Note:
=
Alternanthera tenella
var.
bettzickiana
(Regel) Veldk.
Walters, S. M. et al., eds.
1986-2000. European garden flora.
Note:
=
Alternanthera ficoidea
'Bettzickiana'
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
Common names
English
calico-plant –
Reference(s)
German
Papageienblatt –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
jin xiu xian –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
cult. in tropics
6
Other
possible origin Brazil
Cultivated
(cult. in tropics)
Other
(possible origin Brazil)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
erosion control
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#
Environmental
ornamental
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmental
ornamental
Walters, S. M. et al., eds.
1986-2000. European garden flora.
Note:
=
Alternanthera ficoidea
'Bettzickiana'
Environmental
soil improver
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#
Name
References