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Alternanthera

Forssk. (1775)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-CoreEudicot Order: Caryophyllales Family: Amaranthaceae Genus: Alternanthera

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Annual or perennial herbs.

Stems: Stems prostrate to ascending, sometimes rooting at the nodes.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Petiolate or sessile. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in axillary, head-like spikes. Flowers bisexual (perfect). Each flower subtended by a bract and 2 bracteoles. Calyx of 5 sepals, often unequal, membranous. Corolla (petals) absent. Stamens 5, sometimes not all fertile, pseudostaminodes minute; anthers monothecal. Ovary superior; stigma 1, capitate.

Fruit: Fruit in dehiscent flattened utricle. Seeds lenticular.

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Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


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Bibliography

Name Published In: Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 28 (1775)

Occurrences

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