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								Iamonico, D. (2015): Amaranthaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license (CC-By-SA-3.0 Unported).
 
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				Alternanthera Forssk.
				
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                            | Nomencl. ref.: | 
                            Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 28. 1775 | 
                          
						  
                          
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					ACCEPTED
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		Regnum - Plantae 
				    
				Divisio - Tracheophyta 
				    
				    
				Subdivisio - Spermatophytina 
				    
				    
				    
				Class - Magnoliopsida 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Superordo - Caryophyllanae 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Ordo - Caryophyllales 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Familia - Amaranthaceae Juss. 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				
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					Alternanthera angustifolia R. Br.
					
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					Alternanthera bettzickiana (Regel) G. Nicholson
					
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					Alternanthera caracasana Kunth
					
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					Alternanthera denticulata R. Br.
					
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					Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) Schult.
					
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					Alternanthera flavogrisea (Urb.) Urb.
					
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					Alternanthera nodiflora R. Br.
					
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					Alternanthera paronychioides A. St.-Hil.
					
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					Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
					
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					Alternanthera pilosa Moq.
					
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					Alternanthera pungens Kunth
					
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					Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC.
					
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					Alternanthera tenella Colla
					
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       			  Ag Eg Jo LS Tn [Ab(A) nAz(F G J M S T) aBe(B) nCa Ca(C G H P T) Ct nGa(F) aGe aHe nHs(S) aIr nIt nMd Md(M P) aRf(C) aSi(S) aSu] |