EPPO Global Database

Alternanthera ficoidea(ALRFI)

Overview
Code created in: 2004-04-10

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: ALRFI
  • Preferred name: Alternanthera ficoidea
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Römer & Schultes

Notes

Central America, South America (except southern cone). Cultivated as an ornamental. Introduced in India, Bangladesh, Mexico, Caribbean, Australia


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Alternanthera flavo-grisea subsp. diffusa (von Martius) Mears
Alternanthera tenella Colla

Common names
Name Language
carb white English
Joseph's coat English (US)
perrotleaf English (US)
rabbit meat English
rabbit weed English
rupturewort English
sanguinaria English
shoo-fly joyweed English
herbe à albumine French
abrojo Spanish (CO)
alpargatera Spanish (CO)
ceylongras Dutch
apaga-fogo Portuguese (BR)
periquito Portuguese (BR)
arutenantera Japanese
teransera Japanese
アルテナンテラ Japanese
テランセラ Japanese
альтернантера бетзикиана Russian