Alternanthera Forskål 1775 (joyweed)

Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Amaranthaceae

Full reference: P. Forskål. 1775. Flora Ægyptiaco-Arabica sive descriptiones plantarum quas per ægytum inferiorem et arabiam felicem detexit, illustravit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr 17:1-219

Parent taxon: Amaranthaceae according to P. Forskål 1775

See also Chauhan 1991

Sister taxa: Aerva, Amaranthus, Chenopodium, Climacoptera, Deeringia, Leucosphaera, Marcelliopsis, Nucularia, Patellifolia, Pedersenia, Psilotrichum, Trichuriella, Wadithamnus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of India (7 collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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