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Alternanthera littoralis

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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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Internal ID UUID6440089d8cbf9834118400
Scientific name Alternanthera littoralis
Authority Beauv. ex Moq.
First published in Fl. Oware 2: 72 (1818)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Telanthera maritima (Mart.) Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 364 (1849)
Telanthera maritima var. communis (A.St.-Hil.) Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 365 (1849)
Telanthera maritima var. concatenata (A.St.-Hil.) Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 365 (1849)
Telanthera maritima var. parvifolia (A.St.-Hil.) Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 365 (1849)
Achyranthes maritima Standl. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 1915, v. 74, in obs.
Alternanthera ficoidea Griseb. Fl. Brit. W.I. [Grisebach] 67. 1859 [Dec 1859]
Alternanthera littoralis var. guineensis Pedersen Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 12: 71 (1990)
Alternanthera littoralis var. maritima (Mart.) Pedersen Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 12: 71 (1990)
Alternanthera maritima (Mart.) A.St.-Hil. Voy. Distr. Diam. 2: 439. 1833 Voy. Bres. 2: 43.
Alternanthera maritima var. communis A.St.-Hil. Voy. Distr. Diam. 2: 437 (1833)
Alternanthera maritima var. concatenata A.St.-Hil. Voy. Distr. Diam. 2(2): 43 (1833)
Alternanthera maritima var. parvifolia A.St.-Hil. Voy. Distr. Diam. 2(2): 43 (1833)
Bucholzia maritima Mart. Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 2: 50 (1826)
Celosia arenaria Salzm. ex Seub. Fl. Bras. (Martius) 5(1): 170. 1875 [1 Mar 1875]
Illecebrum maritimum (Mart.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. 4(2): 103 (1827)

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Language Common/alternative name
Arabic نمول
Arabic عنتاب
Arabic لوبق
Chinese 海滨莲子草
Chinese 海濱蓮子草

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Name Authority First published in
Alternanthera littoralis var. sparmannii (Moq.) Pedersen Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 12: 72 (1990)

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Africa
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Gambia
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Ivory Coast
      • Liberia
      • Mali
      • Mauritania
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cabinda
      • Cameroon
      • Congo
      • Gabon
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Zaïre
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
    • Caribbean
      • Bahamas
      • Bermuda
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000528645
Tropicos 50294455
INPN 735394
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:59222-1
The Plant List kew-2631254
Open Tree Of Life 670592
NCBI Taxonomy 1167239
IPNI 59222-1
iNaturalist 596554
GBIF 7323755
Freebase /m/02rh9dr
EPPO ALRLI
EOL 5171493
Wikipedia Alternanthera_littoralis

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
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
Secondary Metabolites with Antioxidant Activities for the Putative Treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS): “Experimental Evidences” Silva JM, Nobre MS, Albino SL, Lócio LL, Nascimento AP, Scotti L, Scotti MT, Oshiro-Junior JA, Lima MC, Mendonça-Junior FJ, Moura RO Oxid Med Cell Longev 24-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7707995
doi:10.1155/2020/5642029
PMID:33299526
Biologically Active Isoquinoline Alkaloids covering 2014-2018 Shang XF, Yang CJ, Morris-Natschke SL, Li JC, Yin XD, Liu YQ, Guo X, Peng JW, Goto M, Zhang JY, Lee KH Med Res Rev 29-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7554109
doi:10.1002/med.21703
PMID:32729169

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