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Alternanthera (joyweed)

Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Amaranthaceae

Taxonomy
Alternanthera was named by Forskål (1775). It is extant.

It was assigned to Amaranthaceae by Forskål (1775), Chauhan (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1775Alternanthera Forskål
1991Alternanthera Chauhan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superasterids
orderCaryophyllales
familyAmaranthaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusAlternanthera

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Alternanthera Forskål 1775 [joyweed]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (West Bengal) Alternanthera sp. (224677 228819)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Jammu and Kashmir) Alternanthera sp. (228772)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Alternanthera sp. (228761 228776)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Alternanthera sp. (228762)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttar Pradesh) Alternanthera sp. (228820)