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Alternanthera caracasana

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID6440089923bd5460665097
Scientific name Alternanthera caracasana
Authority Kunth
First published in Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 205 (1818)

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Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Telanthera caracasana Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 370 (1849)
Achyranthes peploides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Roem. & Schult.) Britton Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 5: 279 (1924)
Alternanthera achyrantha var. dasyantha Seub. Fl. Bras. 5(1): 183 (1875)
Alternanthera achyrantha var. parvifolia Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 359 (1849)
Alternanthera parvifolia Fawc. & Rendle Fl. Jamaica 3: 139 (1914)
Alternanthera peploides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Roem. & Schult.) Urb. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 168 (1918)
Alternanthera villiflora Scheele Linnaea 22: 149 (1849)
Celosia humifusa Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 5: 531 (1819)
Illecebrum peploides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 5: 517 (1819)

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Language Common/alternative name
English washerwoman
Spanish achyranthes nivea
Spanish sangradera
Spanish sanguinaria de cuba
Croatian karakaška pralja
Chinese 刺花莲子草
Chinese 刺花蓮子草

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Native
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Macaronesia
      • Azores
      • Canary Islands
      • Cape Verde
      • Madeira
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Eritrea
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Free State
      • Northern Provinces
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Oklahoma
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
      • California
  • Pacific
    • North-central Pacific
      • Hawaii
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • New Caledonia
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Galápagos
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000528506
Florida Plant Atlas 1709
Flora of Alabama 269
USDA Plants ALCA5
Tropicos 1100044
INPN 81827
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327344-2
The Plant List kew-2631118
Open Tree Of Life 186440
Observations.org 114310
NCBI Taxonomy 213817
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0200001720
Nature Serve 2.140730
IPNI 327344-2
iNaturalist 75385
GBIF 3084958
Freebase /m/03d9kjw
EPPO ALRPE
EOL 586923
Calflora (Californian flora) 265
USDA GRIN 407542
Wikipedia Alternanthera_caracasana

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Exploration of the Wild Edible Plants Used for Basic Health Care by Local People of Bahawalpur and Adjacent Regions, Pakistan Anwar T, Qureshi H, Naeem H, Shahzadi S, Sehar Z, Hassan R Foods 25-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10573077
doi:10.3390/foods12193557
PMID:37835210
Effect of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Isolated From Rock Phosphate Mine and Agricultural Soil on the Improvement of Wheat Plant Growth Hazzoumi Z, Azaroual SE, El Mernissi N, Zaroual Y, Duponnois R, Bouizgarne B, Meftah Kadmiri I Front Microbiol 25-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9174796
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.881442
PMID:35694314
The Genus Alternanthera: Phytochemical and Ethnopharmacological Perspectives Singla RK, Dhir V, Madaan R, Kumar D, Singh Bola S, Bansal M, Kumar S, Dubey AK, Singla S, Shen B Front Pharmacol 11-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9036189
doi:10.3389/fphar.2022.769111
PMID:35479320
Investigation of bacterial diversity using 16S rRNA sequencing and prediction of its functionalities in Moroccan phosphate mine ecosystem Azaroual SE, Kasmi Y, Aasfar A, El Arroussi H, Zeroual Y, El Kadiri Y, Zrhidri A, Elfahime E, Sefiani A, Meftah Kadmiri I Sci Rep 08-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8904503
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-07765-5
PMID:35260670
The thionin family of antimicrobial peptides Höng K, Austerlitz T, Bohlmann T, Bohlmann H PLoS One 14-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8279376
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0254549
PMID:34260649
A virus‐induced gene‐silencing system for functional genetics in a betalainic species, Amaranthus tricolor (Amaranthaceae) Adhikary D, Khatri‐Chhetri U, Tymm FJ, Murch SJ, Deyholos MK Appl Plant Sci 07-Feb-2019
PMCID:PMC6384298
doi:10.1002/aps3.1221
PMID:30828507
Sociocultural and ecological factors influencing management of edible and non-edible plants: the case of Ixcatlán, Mexico Rangel-Landa S, Casas A, García-Frapolli E, Lira R J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 30-Oct-2017
PMCID:PMC5663152
doi:10.1186/s13002-017-0185-4
PMID:29084561
Data on introduced plants in Zimbabwe: Floristic changes and patterns of collection based on historical herbarium records Maroyi A Data Brief 22-Sep-2017
PMCID:PMC5712053
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2017.09.046
PMID:29214198
Ixcatec ethnoecology: plant management and biocultural heritage in Oaxaca, Mexico Rangel-Landa S, Casas A, Rivera-Lozoya E, Torres-García I, Vallejo-Ramos M J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 20-Jul-2016
PMCID:PMC4955254
doi:10.1186/s13002-016-0101-3
PMID:27439512

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