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Alternanthera brasiliana (L.) Kuntze (Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 537. 1891.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, Maria Galante,Martinique, Monserrat, St. Lucia, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [ Hispaniola (exotic)[], Puerto Rico (exotic)[], Virgin Islands (exotic) ( St. John, ) ], Bahamas (native), North America (exotic (Mexico)), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native), Common Names: Bouton blac (L. Antilles), Cucaracha extranjera (Dominican Republic), Cucaracha morada (Dominican Republic), Marguerite à fleurs rouges (L. Antilles), Synonyms: Alternanthera dentata (Moench) Stuchlik ex R.E. Fr. (Ark. Bot. 16(13): 11. 1920.), Alternanthera jacquinii (Schrad.) Alain (Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 92: 292. 1965), Gomphrena brasiliana L. (Cent. Pl. 2, 13. 1756.), Gomphrena dentata Moench (Suppl. Meth. 273. 1802.), Mogiphanes straminea Mart. (Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 2: 35. 1826.), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581. 2). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 3). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 4). Hoyos F., J. 1985. Flora de la isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela. 5). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 6). Liogier, A.H. 1985-1997. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1-5. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 7). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 8). Liogier, A.H. and L.F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 9). The International Plant Names Index (IPNI). 2008. Website: www.ipni.org 10). Tropicos.org. 2008. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. Website: www.tropicos.org 11). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 12). USDA, ARS. 2008. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/index.pl?language=en 13). Wunderlin, R.P., and B.F. Hansen. 2004. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Website: www.plantatlas.usf.edu. Last edited 28 Jul 09 |