Alternanthera Forskål 1775 (joyweed)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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