Taxon: Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC.

• combination not validly made by R. Brown, Prodr. 1:417. 1810
• authorship verified from original literature

• the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

A declared noxious weed by USDA-APHIS.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

AL*, CA*, FL*, MA*, NC*, PR*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• rabbit-meat   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• sessile joyweed   (Source: State Noxweed Seed ) – English
  
• lian zi cao   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• periquito-sessil   (Source: F SCatarin ) – Portuguese
  
• bredo-d´água   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• perpétua   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  

Economic importance:

• Human food: vegetable   (fide F Ceylon)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Pl Res SEAs 12(1):109. 1999)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Atlas WWeed)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang
  Eastern Asia: Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan; India; Nepal
  Indo-China: Cambodia; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam
  Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Philippines

• naturalized elsewhere

• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India; Sri Lanka

References:

• PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica.
• 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.
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45.
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
• El-Hadidi, M. N. & M. S. Abdallah. 1980–. Flora of Egypt.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. 1986–. Flora of the Guianas.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973–. Flora of Ecuador.
• Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Mears, J. A. 1978. The nomenclature and type collections of the widespread taxa of Alternanthera (Amaranthaceae). Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 129(1):3–6.
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
• Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 12(1):109.
• Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense.
• Ross, J. 1972. The flora of Natal.
• Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act.
• Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970–. Flora of Thailand.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. [lists as A. sessilis (L.) DC.].
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Alternanthera sessilis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Alternanthera sessilis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Alternanthera sessilis.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Achyranthes sessilis (L.) Besser
  
• (=) Alternanthera glabra Moq.
  
• (≡) Gomphrena sessilis L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• PROTABASE: Plant Resources of Tropical Africa's (PROTA's) online resource
• 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:

• Disseminule drawings: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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