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Details for: Alternanthera pungens
Source: Iamonico, D. (2015): Amaranthaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
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Name: Alternanthera pungens Kunth
Nomencl. ref.: in Humboldt & al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 2, ed. f°: 165. 1818
Rank: Species
Status: ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): Regnum - Plantae
     Divisio - Tracheophyta
          Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
               Class - Magnoliopsida
                    Superordo - Caryophyllanae
                         Ordo - Caryophyllales
                              Familia - Amaranthaceae Juss.
                                   Genus - Alternanthera Forssk.
                                       
Homotypic synonyms: Illecebrum pungens (Kunth) Spreng.
Telanthera pungens (Kunth) Moq.
Heterotypic synonyms: Achyranthes repens L.
Alternanthera repens (L.) Link [non J. F. Gmel. 1791]
 
Common names: alternantera punxosa (Catalan), bretana de Canarias (Spanish, Castillian), bretaña de Canarias (Spanish, Castillian), brevata (Spanish, Castillian), sangradera (Spanish, Castillian), sanguinaria de Cuba (Spanish, Castillian)[Credits]
Maps: distribution
Occurrence: [aBe(B) nEg aGe nHs(S) aIJ aIr aIt aSu]