Alternanthera ficoidea
Also known as: Achyranthes ficoidea, Achyranthes ficoides, Alternanthera brachiata, Alternanthera diffusa, Alternanthera ficoidea brachiata, Alternanthera ficoidea diffusa, Alternanthera ficoidea erecta, Alternanthera ficoidea radicans, Alternanthera flavogrisea diffusa, Alternanthera polygonoides, Alternanthera polygonoides diffusa, Alternanthera polygonoides ficoidea, Alternanthera polygonoides glabrescens, Alternanthera polygonoides radicans, Alternanthera tenella, Alternanthera tenella tenella, Alternanthera triandra, Bucholzia brachiata, Bucholzia ficoidea, Bucholzia polygonoides erecta, Bucholzia polygonoides radicans, Gomphrena ficoidea, Illecebrum ficoideum, Illecebrum tenellum, Paronychia ficoidea, Paronychia tenella, Steiremis ficoidea, Telanthera ficoidea, Telanthera polygonoides brachiata, Telanthera polygonoides radicans
Species profile
- Accepted name
- Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) R.Br. Species
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Division
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Alternanthera
- Habitat
- terrestrial
- Distribution
- Zambia [I]; India [I] (Jammu & Kashmir [I], Kerala [I], Maharashtra [I], Odisha [I], Tamil Nadu [I], West Bengal [I]); Bangladesh [I]; Rotuma Isl. [I]; Fiji [I]; Society Isl. [I] (Raiatea [I], Bora Bora [I]); Hawaii [I] (Oahu [I]); Mexico (Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Veracruz); Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Bahamas; Cuba; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. John, Tortola); Montserrat; Marie-Galante; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Grenada; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; Venezuela (Portuguesa, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil (Roraima, Pará, Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhão, Piauí, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Espírito Santo, São Paulo); S-Brazil (Paraná); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Central, Pres. Hayes); Argentina (Misiones); Amazonia colombiana: sur del departamento del Vichada; el suroriente del Meta; todo el territorio de los departamentos de Amazonas, Caquetá, Guainía, Guaviare, Putumayo y Vaupés; la Bota Caucana; y las vertientes amazónicas de Nariño (la parte alta de los ríos Guamuez, Sucio, San Miguel y Aguarico); Belgium; Flemish Region; Kruger National Park
- Basionym
- Gomphrena ficoidea L.
- Published in
- R. Br. (1810). In: Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland 417, Nom. Cons.
Media and observations
Hoja (Lista de plantas alimenticias no convencionales en la Amazonia colombiana)
Alimenticio (Lista de plantas alimenticias no convencionales en la Amazonia colombiana)
GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-10-05. Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/8160803 https://www.gbif.org/species/8160803
Common and trade names from InterAquaristik product data.
· Last updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:31 AM