familyAmaranthaceae
genusAlternanthera
speciesAlternanthera ficoidea

Alternanthera ficoidea

(Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois

Fl. Oware 2: 66. 1818.

Steven E. Clemants
Common names: Sanguina rea
Basionym: Gomphrena ficoidea Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 1: 225. 1753, name conserved
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 449. Mentioned on page 448.

Distribution

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Fla., Tex., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America

Discussion

Varieties 3 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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4-locular line character
dehiscence +
Anther architecture or structure in adjective form
2-locular +
Author
Steven E. Clemants +
Authority
- Linnaeus Palisot de Beauvois +
Basionyms
Gomphrena ficoidea +
Blade margin architecture or shape
entire +
Blade shape
lanceolate +  and ovate ovate-rhombic or obovate-rhombic +
Bract texture
scarious +
Bracteole texture
scarious +
Common name
Sanguina rea +
Cup height or length or size
short +
Distribution
Fla. +, Tex. +, Mexico +, West Indies +, Central America +  and South America +
Embryo position
peripheral +
Filament arrangement
alternating +
Filament fusion
connate +
Flower position
hypogynous +
Flower reproduction
bisexual +
Flower size
minute +  and small +
Fruits utricle condition or texture
dry +
Fruits utricle dehiscence
not +  and dehiscent +
Glomerule arrangement
cluster +
Head architecture
several-flowered +
Head shape
globose +  and cylindric +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey +
Inflorescence architecture
pedunculate +  and sessile +
Inflorescence position
terminal +  and axillary +
Inflorescences cymule arrangement
arranged +
Leaf architecture
petiolate +  and sessile +
Leaf arrangement
opposite +
Leaf position
subtending +
Line quantity
1 +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Number of lower taxa
1 +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +
Ovary position
superior +
Ovule quantity
1 +
Perisperm position relational
surrounding +
Perisperm pubescence or texture
mealy +
Pseudostaminode arrangement
alternating +
Pseudostaminode quantity
5 +
Publication title
Fl. Oware +
Publication year
1818 +
Reference
None +
Seed coloration
reddish-brown +
Seed quantity
1 +
Seed shape
ovoid-oblong +  and lenticular +
Seed size
small +
Source xml
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Spike architecture
several-flowered +
Spike shape
cylindric +
Stamen quantity
3;5 +
Stem growth form or location
floating +
Stem growth form or orientation
decumbent +  and prostrate +
Stem orientation
erect +  and ascending +
Stigma atypical quantity
3 - 5 +
Stigma quantity
1;3 +
Stigma shape
2-lobed +  and capitate +
Style presence
absent +
Style quantity
1 +
Style some measurement
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> - 1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> +
Taxon family
Amaranthaceae +
Taxon name
Alternanthera ficoidea +
Taxon parent
Alternanthera +
Taxon rank
species +
Tepal atypical quantity
1 - 4 +
Tepal fusion
distinct +
Tepal presence
absent +
Tepal quantity
5 +
Tepal texture
indurate +, membranaceous +, chartaceous +  and scarious +
Trichome architecture
simple +
Utricle dehiscence
indehiscence +
Utricle shape
obovoid +, ovoid +  and compressed +
Volume
Volume 4 +
Whole organism duration
perennial +  and annual +
Whole organism growth form
subshrub +  and herb +