EPPO Global Database

Alternanthera brasiliana(ALRBR)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: ALRBR
  • Preferred name: Alternanthera brasiliana
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Kuntze

Notes

Mexico, Central America, South America (northern). Cultivated as an ornamental. Introduced in a few Asian and African countries


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Alternanthera dentata (Mönch) Scheybrond
Gomphrena brasiliensis Lamarck
Gomphrena dentata Mönch

Common names
Name Language
Brazilian joyweed English (US)
purple-leaved chaff flower English
white buttons English
bouton blanc French
marguerite à feuilles rouges French
botoncito Spanish
camarón Spanish
coyontura de zanate Spanish
sanguinaria Spanish
caaponga Portuguese (BR)
ervanco Portuguese (BR)
sempre-viva Portuguese (BR)