Alternanthera pungens
A species in the Amaranthaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Alternanthera
- Species
- Alternanthera pungens
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1818
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Alternanthera pungens. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
31 synonyms in this snapshot
- Achyranthes leianthaName author: (Seub.) Standl.
- Achyranthes lorentziiName author: (Uline) Standl.
- Achyranthes mucronataName author: Lam.
- Achyranthes niveaName author: Link
- Achyranthes obovataName author: Pav. ex Moq.
- Achyranthes radicansName author: Cav.
- Achyranthes repensName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Alternanthera achyranthaName author: R.Br. ex Sweet
- Alternanthera achyrantha var. echinataName author: (Sm.) Maiden
- Alternanthera achyrantha var. leianthaName author: Seub.
- Alternanthera achyrantha var. pungensName author: (Kunth) Suess.
- Alternanthera ciliataName author: Poepp. ex Seub.
- Alternanthera echinataName author: Sm.
- Alternanthera leianthaName author: (Seub.) Alain
- Alternanthera lorentziiName author: Uline
- Alternanthera procumbensName author: Rojas Acosta
- Alternanthera pungens f. paucifloraName author: Suess.
- Alternanthera pungens var. leianthaName author: (Seub.) Suess.
- Alternanthera pungens var. monocephalaName author: (O.Bolòs & A.Marcos) O.Bolòs & Vigo
- Alternanthera repensName author: (L.) Link
- Alternanthera repens f. monocephalaName author: Bolus & Marcos
- Alternanthera thomensisName author: Gand.
- Bucholzia spinescensName author: Gillies ex Moq.
- Celosia echinataName author: Humb. & Bonpl. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Desmochaeta sordidaName author: Bunbury
- Guilleminea procumbensName author: Rojas Acosta
- Illecebrum achyranthaName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Illecebrum pungensName author: Spreng.
- Pityranthus crassifoliusName author: Mart.
- Pupalia sordidaName author: (Bunbury) Moq.
- Telanthera pungensName author: Moq.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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