Alternanthera philoxeroides(ALRPH)
Overview Code created in: 2002-08-21
- EPPO Code: ALRPH
- Preferred name: Alternanthera philoxeroides
- Authority: (von Martius) Grisebach
South America. An aquatic species, cultivated as an aquarium plant, readily escaping to establish as an aquatic weed. Introduced in Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Indochina (Myanmar, Thailand), Malesia (Malaya, Java), China (including Taiwan), Japan, southern USA, Mexico, Australia (New South Wales), New Zealand
WSSA list of weeds in North America
Name | Authority |
---|---|
Achyranthes paludosa | Bunbury |
Achyranthes philoxeroides | (von Martius) Standley |
Alternanthera philoxerina | Suessenguth |
Bucholzia philoxeroides | von Martius |
Telanthera philoxeroides | (von Martius) Moquin-Tandon |
Name | Language |
---|---|
alligator weed | English (US) |
hierba del caimán | Spanish (HN) |
hierba lagarto | Spanish |
lagunilla | Spanish (AR) |
raíz colorada | Spanish (UY) |
erva-da-jacaré | Portuguese (BR) |
tripa-de-sapo | Portuguese (BR) |
mizu-tsuru-nogeitô | Japanese |
nagae-tsuru-nogeitô | Japanese |
ナガエツルノゲイトウ | Japanese |
ミズツルノゲイトゥ | Japanese |
альтернантера филоксероидная | Russian |
xǐ hàn lián zǐ cǎo | Chinese |
喜旱莲子草 | Chinese |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Basal core eudicots (
1CEUD )
Order
Caryophyllales (
1CAFO )
Family
Amaranthaceae (
1AMAF )
Subfamily
Amaranthoideae (
1AMAS )
Genus
Alternanthera (
1ALRG )