Alternanthera pungens in Genus Alternanthera

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Internal ID	UUID644008a1eb35b810533936
Scientific name	Alternanthera pungens
Authority	Kunth
First published in	Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 206 (1818)

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Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Telanthera pungens	Moq.	Prodr. 13(2): 371 (1849)
Achyranthes leiantha	(Seub.) Standl.	J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 73 (1915)
Achyranthes lorentzii	Standl.	J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915)
Achyranthes mucronata	Lam.	Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 1(2): 547. 1785 [1 Aug 1785]
Achyranthes nivea	Link	Phys. Beschr. Canar. Ins. [Buch] 141. 1825 [post 28 May 1825]
Achyranthes obovata	Pav. ex Moq.	Prodr. 13(2): 359 (1849)
Achyranthes radicans	Cav.	in Anal. Hist. Nat. Madr. iii. (1801) 27.
Achyranthes repens	L.	Sp. Pl. : 205 (1753)
Alternanthera achyrantha	R.Br. ex Sweet	Hort. Suburb. Lond. : 48 (1818)
Alternanthera achyrantha var. echinata	(Sm.) Maiden	Agric. Gaz. New South Wales 21: 1001 (1910)
Alternanthera achyrantha var. leiantha	Seub.	Fl. Bras. 5(1): 183 (1875)
Alternanthera ciliata	Poepp. ex Seub.	Fl. Bras. 5(1): 183 (1875)
Alternanthera echinata	Sm.	Cycl. 39(1): n.º 10 (1818)
Alternanthera leiantha	(Seub.) Alain	Contr. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio De La Salle 9: 1 (1950).
Alternanthera lorentzii	Uline	Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 1: 421 (1899)
Alternanthera procumbens	Rojas Acosta	Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrientes 79 (1897).
Alternanthera pungens var. leiantha	(Seub. ex Mart.) Suess.	Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 4: 103 (1952)
Alternanthera pungens var. monocephala	(O.Bolòs & A.Marcos) O.Bolòs & Vigo	Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 38: 89 (1974)
Alternanthera pungens f. pauciflora	Suess.	Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 2: 68 (1950)
Alternanthera repens	(L.) Link	Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 154. 1821 [16 Mar-30 Jun 1821]
Alternanthera repens f. monocephala	Bolus & Marcos
Alternanthera thomensis	Gand.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 223 (1919)
Bucholzia spinescens	Gillies ex Moq.	Prodr. 13(2): 359 (1849)
Celosia echinata	Humb. & Bonpl. ex Roem. & Schult.	Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 5: 531 (1819)
Desmochaeta sordida	Bunbury	Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 109 (1841)
Guilleminea procumbens	Rojas Acosta	Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrientes : 176 (1897)
Illecebrum achyrantha	L.	Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1: 299. 1762 [Sep 1762]
Pityranthus crassifolius	Mart.	Denkschr. Königl. Akad. Wiss. München 5: 179 (1817)
Illecebrum pungens	Spreng.	Syst. Veg. 1: 820 (1824)
Alternanthera achyrantha var. pungens	(Kunth) Suess.
Pupalia sordida	Moq.	Prodr. 13(2): 333 (1849)

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	steiremis repens
English	khaki weed
English	chaff flower
English	illecebrum sinense
English	illecebrum obliquum
English	achyranthes obovata pav. ex moq.
English	paronychia achyrantha
English	khakiweed
Afrikaans	kakiedubbeltjie
dag	gotaba
Kannada	ಮಿರ್ಜಾ ಮುಳ್ಳು
Malayalam	മുൾപ്പൊന്നാങ്കണ്ണി
Swedish	stickalternant
Tamil	முள்ளுக்கண்ணி
Chinese	空心莲子草
Chinese	刺花蓮子草
Chinese	刺花莲子草

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- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya
  - Tanzania
  - Uganda
- Middle Atlantic Ocean
  - Ascension
  - Saint Helena
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad
  - Eritrea
  - Ethiopia
  - Somalia
  - Sudan
- Northern Africa
  - Egypt
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola
  - Malawi
  - Mozambique
  - Zambia
  - Zimbabwe
- Southern Africa
  - Botswana
  - Free State
  - Kwazulu-Natal
  - Namibia
  - Northern Provinces
  - Swaziland
- West Tropical Africa
  - Benin
  - Burkina
  - Ghana
  - Guinea
  - Ivory Coast
  - Mali
  - Mauritania
  - Niger
  - Nigeria
  - Senegal
  - Togo
- West-central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi
  - Cameroon
  - Central African Republic
  - Congo
  - Gabon
  - Gulf Of Guinea Islands
  - Rwanda
  - Zaïre
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Aldabra
  - Comoros
  - Mauritius
  - Réunion

Asia-temperate click to expand
- Arabian Peninsula
  - Gulf States
  - Oman
  - Saudi Arabia
  - Yemen
- China
  - China South-central
  - China Southeast
- Western Asia
  - Palestine

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- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam
  - Bangladesh
  - East Himalaya
  - India
  - Nepal
  - Pakistan
  - Sri Lanka
  - West Himalaya
- Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands
  - Laos
  - Myanmar
  - Thailand
  - Vietnam
- Malesia
  - Christmas Island
  - Jawa

Australasia click to expand
- Australia
  - New South Wales
  - Northern Territory
  - Queensland
  - South Australia
  - Victoria
  - Western Australia
- New Zealand
  - New Zealand North

Europe click to expand
- Southwestern Europe
  - Spain

Northern America click to expand
- Mexico
  - Mexico Central
  - Mexico Gulf
  - Mexico Northeast
  - Mexico Northwest
  - Mexico Southeast
  - Mexico Southwest
- Northeastern U.S.A.
  - New York
- South-central U.S.A.
  - Texas
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama
  - Florida
  - Louisiana
  - Maryland

Pacific click to expand
- North-central Pacific
  - Hawaii
- Southwestern Pacific
  - New Caledonia

Southern America click to expand
- Brazil
  - Brazil Northeast
  - Brazil South
  - Brazil Southeast
  - Brazil West-central
- Caribbean
  - Cuba
  - Dominican Republic
  - Haiti
  - Jamaica
  - Leeward Islands
  - Puerto Rico
  - Trinidad-Tobago
- Northern South America
  - Venezuela
- Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast
  - Argentina Northwest
  - Paraguay
  - Uruguay
- Western South America
  - Bolivia
  - Colombia
  - Ecuador
  - Peru

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000528787
UNII	I50DG01A8Z
Florida Plant Atlas	1711
Flora of Alabama	272
USDA Plants	ALPU3
Tropicos	1100414
INPN	670887
Flora of Italy	552
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327342-2
The Plant List	kew-2631391
Open Tree Of Life	151506
Observations.org	140324
NCBI Taxonomy	240021
NBN Atlas	NBNSYS0200001724
Nature Serve	2.136730
IPNI	327342-2
iNaturalist	158231
GBIF	3084949
Freebase	/m/0_yn8hd
EPPO	ALRRE
Elurikkus	365161
USDA GRIN	316546
Wikipedia	Alternanthera_pungens

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by the local Gamo people in Boreda Abaya District, Gamo Zone, southern Ethiopia

Zemede J, Mekuria T, Ochieng CO, Onjalalaina GE, Hu GW

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

28-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10900619
doi:	10.1186/s13002-024-00666-z
PMID:	38419092

Phytochemical Study and In Vitro Biological Activities of Hibiscus panduriformis Burm. f. (Malvaceae), Alternanthera pungens Kunth (Amaranthaceae), and Wissadula rostrata (Schumach.) Hook. f. (Malvaceae)

Rainatou B, Esther BK, Boukaré K, Souleymane C, Moumouni K, Noufou O

Biomed Res Int

22-Dec-2023

PMCID:	PMC10756742
doi:	10.1155/2023/8289750
PMID:	38162338

Medicinal plants used for management of diabetes and hypertension in Ghana

Asafo-Agyei T, Appau Y, Barimah KB, Asase A

Heliyon

29-Nov-2023

PMCID:	PMC10703729
doi:	10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22977
PMID:	38076168

Spatial distribution of the four invasive plants and their impact on natural communities’ dynamics across the arid and semi-arid environments in northwest Pakistan

Khan N, Ullah R, Okla MK, Abdel-Maksoud MA, Saleh IA, Abu-Harirah HA, AlRamadneh TN, AbdElgawad H

Front Plant Sci

25-Aug-2023

PMCID:	PMC10485558
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2023.1207222
PMID:	37692447

Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches

Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF

Plants (Basel)

02-Mar-2023

PMCID:	PMC10005506
doi:	10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:	36904005

Detecting macroevolutionary genotype–phenotype associations using error-corrected rates of protein convergence

Fukushima K, Pollock DD

Nat Ecol Evol

05-Jan-2023

PMCID:	PMC9834058
doi:	10.1038/s41559-022-01932-7
PMID:	36604553

Medicinal Plants from Latin America with Wound Healing Activity: Ethnomedicine, Phytochemistry, Preclinical and Clinical Studies—A Review

Salazar-Gómez A, Alonso-Castro AJ

Pharmaceuticals (Basel)

31-Aug-2022

PMCID:	PMC9505834
doi:	10.3390/ph15091095
PMID:	36145316

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

Salient Findings on Host Range, Resistance Screening, and Molecular Studies on Sterility Mosaic Disease of Pigeonpea Induced by Pigeonpea sterility mosaic viruses (PPSMV-I and PPSMV-II)

Sayiprathap BR, Patibanda AK, Prasanna Kumari V, Jayalalitha K, Ramappa HK, Rajeswari E, Karthiba L, Saratbabu K, Sharma M, Sudini HK

Front Microbiol

01-Apr-2022

PMCID:	PMC9012581
doi:	10.3389/fmicb.2022.838047
PMID:	35432270

Ethnobotanical inventory and medicinal perspectives of herbal flora of Shiwalik mountainous range of District Bhimber, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

Ishtiaq M, Khanum H, Hussain I, Parveen A, Maqbool M, Thind S, Hussain T, Azeem M, Shabir F, Elansary HO

PLoS One

29-Mar-2022

PMCID:	PMC8963552
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0265028
PMID:	35349579

Floristic composition of Jandaf Mountain as biodiversity hotspot area in southwestern Saudi Arabia

Al-Namazi AA, Algarni SM, Wan JS, Al Mosallam MS, Alotaibi F

Saudi J Biol Sci

05-Mar-2022

PMCID:	PMC9280213
doi:	10.1016/j.sjbs.2022.03.003
PMID:	35844416

Nanotechnology in the Restoration of Polluted Soil

Rajput VD, Minkina T, Upadhyay SK, Kumari A, Ranjan A, Mandzhieva S, Sushkova S, Singh RK, Verma KK

Nanomaterials (Basel)

24-Feb-2022

PMCID:	PMC8911862
doi:	10.3390/nano12050769
PMID:	35269257

Water availability, bedrock, disturbance by herbivores, and climate determine plant diversity in South-African savanna

Hejda M, Čuda J, Pyšková K, Zambatis G, Foxcroft LC, MacFadyen S, Storch D, Tropek R, Pyšek P

Sci Rep

10-Jan-2022

PMCID:	PMC8748544
doi:	10.1038/s41598-021-02870-3
PMID:	35013353

OpenWeedLocator (OWL): an open-source, low-cost device for fallow weed detection

Coleman G, Salter W, Walsh M

Sci Rep

07-Jan-2022

PMCID:	PMC8741824
doi:	10.1038/s41598-021-03858-9
PMID:	34996963

An ethnobotanical study of wetland flora of Head Maralla Punjab Pakistan

Iqbal MS, Ahmad KS, Ali MA, Akbar M, Mehmood A, Nawaz F, Hussain SA, Arshad N, Munir S, Arshad H, Shahbaz K, Bussmann RW

PLoS One

14-Oct-2021

PMCID:	PMC8516287
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0258167
PMID:	34648500

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
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(1R,4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,10R,11R,12aR,14bS)-10-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-4,5-dihydroxy-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-5-hydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-11-hydroxy-1,6a,6b,9,9,12a-hexamethyl-2-methylidene-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid	101035467	Click to see CC1C2C3=CCC4C(C3(CCC2(CCC1=C)C(=O)O)C)(CCC5C4(CC(C(C5(C)C)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)OC7C(C(C(CO7)O)O)O)OC8C(C(C(CO8)O)O)OC9C(C(C(C(O9)C)O)O)O)O)C)C	1043.20	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(99)00046-1
(1R,4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,10R,11R,12aR,14bS)-10-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-11-hydroxy-1,6a,6b,9,9,12a-hexamethyl-2-methylidene-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid	101035470	Click to see CC1C2C3=CCC4C(C3(CCC2(CCC1=C)C(=O)O)C)(CCC5C4(CC(C(C5(C)C)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)OC7C(C(C(CO7)O)O)O)O)O)C)C	764.90	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(99)00046-1
(1R,4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,10R,11R,12aR,14bS)-11-hydroxy-10-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-5-hydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-1,6a,6b,9,9,12a-hexamethyl-2-methylidene-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid	101035469	Click to see CC1C2C3=CCC4C(C3(CCC2(CCC1=C)C(=O)O)C)(CCC5C4(CC(C(C5(C)C)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)OC7C(C(C(CO7)O)O)O)OC8C(C(C(CO8)O)O)O)O)C)C	897.10	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(99)00046-1
10-[3-[4,5-Dihydroxy-3-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-5-hydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-4-(3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-11-hydroxy-1,6a,6b,9,9,12a-hexamethyl-2-methylidene-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid	162946683	Click to see CC1C2C3=CCC4C(C3(CCC2(CCC1=C)C(=O)O)C)(CCC5C4(CC(C(C5(C)C)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)OC7C(C(C(CO7)O)O)O)OC8C(C(C(CO8)O)O)OC9C(C(C(C(O9)C)O)O)O)O)C)C	1043.20	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(99)00046-1
10-[3-[4,5-Dihydroxy-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-5-hydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-4-(3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-11-hydroxy-1,6a,6b,9,9,12a-hexamethyl-2-methylidene-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid	162849444	Click to see CC1C2C3=CCC4C(C3(CCC2(CCC1=C)C(=O)O)C)(CCC5C4(CC(C(C5(C)C)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)OC7C(C(C(CO7)O)O)O)OC8C(C(C(CO8)O)O)OC9C(C(C(C(O9)CO)O)O)O)O)C)C	1059.20	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(99)00046-1

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