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Taxon: Alternanthera bettzickiana (Regel) G. Nicholson

Genus: Alternanthera
Family: Amaranthaceae.
Nomen number: 105429
Place of publication: Ill. dict. gard. 1:59. 1884
Comments:
  • although Nicholson's reference to a basionym was only "Brasilia, 1862"
  • since Nicholson's name was already validly published, it can be treated as a new combination under Vienna ICBN Art. 33.3
Name verified on: 12-Mar-2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 29-Oct-2007
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions. or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


Common names:

  • calico-plant   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  • jin xiu xian   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  • Papageienblatt   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Cultivated:
  • cultivated in tropics

      Other:
  • possible origin Brazil

References:

  • Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960–. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
  • Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976–. Flores des Mascareignes. [= A. tenella var. bettzickiana (Regel) Veldk.].
  • Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. [lists as A. bettzickiana (Regel) Voss].
  • Burkill, H. M. 1985–2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. [lists as A. bettzickiana (Regel) Voss].
  • Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. [lists as A. bettzickiana (Regel) Voss].
  • El-Hadidi, M. N. & M. S. Abdallah. 1980–. Flora of Egypt. [lists as A. bettzickiana (Regel) Voss].
  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. [= A. ficoidea ‘Bettzickiana’].
  • Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984–. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. [lists as A. bettzickiana (Regel) Voss].
  • Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
  • Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973–. Flora of Ecuador. ["bettzichiana"].
  • Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. [lists as A. bettzickiana (Regel) Voss].
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
  • Mears, J. A. 1978. The nomenclature and type collections of the widespread taxa of Alternanthera (Amaranthaceae). Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 129(1):16–19. [lists as A. bettzickiana (Regel) Voss].
  • Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. [lists as A. bettzickiana (Regel) Voss].
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. [lists as A. bettzickiana (Regel) Voss].
  • Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense. [= A. ficoidea var. spathulata (Lemaire) L. B. Sm. & Downs].
  • Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970–. Flora of Thailand.
  • Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana. [= A. ficoides var. bettzichiana (G. Nicholson) C. A. Backer].
  • Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. [= A. tenella var. bettzickiana (Regel) Veldk.].
  • Veldkamp, J. F. 1978. (449) A proposal to reject the name Alternanthera ficoidea (Linné) Beauv. (Amaranthaceae) in favour of Alternanthera tenella Colla. Taxon 27:313. [= A. tenella var. bettzickiana (Regel) Veldk.].
  • Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. [= A. ficoidea ‘Bettzickiana’].
  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
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Synonyms:


Check other web resources for Alternanthera bettzickiana (Regel) G. Nicholson:

  • Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?105429 (19 May 2013)

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