Alternanthera pungens(ALRRE)
Overview Code created in: 2003-10-26
- EPPO Code: ALRRE
- Preferred name: Alternanthera pungens
- Authority: Kunth
Mexico, Caribbean, South America (except northern Brazil and southern cone). Introduced in Mediterranean, Western Asia (Arabia, Pakistan, Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia (Java), China, Africa generally (except Cape), southern USA, Australia (except Tasmania), New Zealand
WSSA list of weeds in North America
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Achyranthes repens | Linnaeus |
| Alternanthera achyrantha | R. Brown |
| Alternanthera echinata | Smith |
| Alternanthera repens | (Linnaeus) Link |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| chaff flower | English |
| khakiweed | English (AU) |
| bretana sangradera | Spanish |
| hierba del pollo | Spanish |
| sanguinaria de Andalucía | Spanish |
| sanguinaria de Cuba | Spanish |
| yerba del pollo | Spanish |
| alternantera strisciante | Italian |
| picão | Portuguese (BR) |
| ke-tsuru-nogeitô | Japanese |
| maruba-tsuru-nogeitô | Japanese |
| ケツルノゲイトウ | Japanese |
| マルバツルノゲイトウ | Japanese |
| альтернантера колючая | Russian |
| bitzan dokerani | Hebrew |
| בִּצָּן דּוֹקְרָנִי | Hebrew |
| alternantera punxosa | Catalan |
| cì huā lián zǐ cǎo | Chinese |
| 刺花莲子草 | 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 )
Species
Alternanthera pungens (
ALRRE )