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Alternanthera

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Core Eudicots >  Order: Caryophyllales >  Family: Amaranthaceae > Subfamily: Gomphrenoideae

About 100 species, found mainly in the New World tropics and subtropics; 4 species have become naturalised in southern Africa.

Species naturalised in southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Alternanthera caracasana

 

Alternanthera nodiflora

 

Alternanthera pungens

 

Alternanthera sessilis

  

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