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The genus Alternanthera is in the family Amaranthaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Alternanthera

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Alternanthera acaulis Andersson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera adscendens Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera albida (Moq.) Griseb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera albosquarrosa Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera albotomentosa Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera altacruzensis Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera aquatica (Parodi) Chodat	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera arequipensis Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera areschougii R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera aristata (Danguy & Cherm.) Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera asterotricha Uline	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera aurata Moq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera austrotrinitatis (Suesseng.) PEDERSEN	Accepted		TRO
Alternanthera bahiensis Pedersen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera bettzickiana (Regel) G.Nicholson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera boliviana Rusby	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera brasiliana (L.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera calcicola Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera cana Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera canescens Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera capituliflora (Bertero) Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera caracasana Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera cinerella Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera collina Pedersen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera congesta Suess. & O.Stützer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera cordobensis (Standl.) Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera coriacea Herzog	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera corymbiformis Eliasson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera costaricensis Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera crassifolia (Standl.) Alain	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera crucis (Moq.) Bold.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera decurrens J.C.Siqueira	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera dendrotricha C.C.Towns.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera dominii Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera dubia Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera echinocephala (Hook.f.) Christoph.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera elongata (Willd.) Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera fasciculata Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera fastigiata Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera filifolia (Hook.f.) J.T.Howell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera flava (L.) Mears	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera flavescens Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera flavicoma (Andersson) J.T.Howell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera flavida Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera flosculosa J.T.Howell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera frutescens (L'Hér.) R.Br. ex Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera galapagensis (A.Stewart) J.T.Howell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera geniculata Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera glaucescens (Hook.f.) J.T.Howell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera glaziovii R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera gomphrenoides Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera gracilis M. Martens & Galeotti	Accepted		TRO
Alternanthera grandis Eliasson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera halimifolia (Lam.) Standl. ex Pittier	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera helleri (B.L.Rob.) J.T.Howell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera herniarioides Beurl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera hirtula (Mart.) R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera inaccessa Pedersen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera ingramiana (Standl.) Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera januarensis J.C.Siqueira	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera junciflora (Remy) I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera kurtzii Schinz ex Pedersen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera laguroides (Standl.) Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera lanceolata (Benth.) Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera laxa Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera linearis Bello	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera longipes (Moq.) Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera lupulina Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera macbridei Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera malmeana R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera maritima (Mart.) A.St.-Hil.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera markgrafii Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera martii (Moq.) R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera mexicana Moq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera micrantha R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera microphylla R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera minutiflora (Seub.) Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera mollendoana Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera mollis (B.L.Rob.) Loes.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera multicaulis (Mart.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera multiflora (Seub.) Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera muscoides Benth. & Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera nesiotes I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera nigriceps Hook.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera nodifera (Moq.) Griseb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera nudicaulis (Hook.f.) Christoph.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera obovata (M.Martens & Galeotti) Millsp.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera olivacea (Urb.) Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera panamensis (Standl.) Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera paronichyoides A. St.-Hil.	Accepted		TRO
Alternanthera paronychioides A.St.-Hil.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera parviflora Moq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera pennelliana Mears ex Pedersen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera peruviana (Moq.) Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera philippo-coburgii (Zahlbr.) Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera piptantha Pedersen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera polycephala Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera porrigens (Jacq.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera praelonga A.St.-Hil.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera procumbens Schult.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera puberula (Mart.) D.Dietr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera pubiflora (Benth.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera pulchella Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera pulverulenta Moq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera pumila O.Stützer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera pungens Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera pycnantha (Benth.) Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera radicata Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera raimondii Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera ramosissima (Mart.) Chodat & Hassl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera regelii (Seub.) Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera reineckii Briq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera rigida B.L.Rob. & Greenm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera robinsonii Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera rufa (Mart.) D.Dietr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera rugulosa (B.L.Rob.) J.T.Howell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera scandens Hallier f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera scirpoides Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera sericea Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera serpens Pedersen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera serpyllifolia (Poir.) Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera snodgrassii (B.L.Rob.) J.T.Howell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera spinosa (Hornem.) Schult.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera stellata Uline & W.L.Bray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera stenophylla (Standl.) Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera strictiuscula (Andersson) Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera subscaposa Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera suessenguthii Covas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera tetramera R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera truxillensis Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera tubulosa Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera tucumana Lillo	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera vestita (Andersson) J.T.Howell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alternanthera villosa Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 300 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Alternanthera. Of these 137 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 164 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Alternanthera. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 300 species names for the genus Alternanthera recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	137	45.7%
◕	Synonym	127	42.3%
◕	Unplaced	5	1.7%
◕	Unassessed	31	10.3%

All names

The status of the 464 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Alternanthera recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	142	30.6%
◕	Synonym	280	60.3%
◕	Unplaced	5	1.1%
◕	Unassessed	37	8.0%

Of these names,

• 6 are recorded as invalid
• 13 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 300 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Alternanthera, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	127	113	0	0	240	80.0%
	Low confidence	10	14	5	31	60	20.0%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Alternanthera, are as follows: