Plant Details

Accepted name:: Alternanthera caracasana Kunth [Amaranthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
tianguis	Other	Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant		Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Achyranthes peploides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.) Britton in N.L.Britton & P.Wilson, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 5: 279 (1924).
Alternanthera achyrantha var. dasyantha Seub. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 5(1): 183 (1875).
Alternanthera achyrantha var. parvifolia Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 359 (1849).
Alternanthera macrorhiza Hauman Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 18: 114 (1946).
Alternanthera parvifolia (Moq.) Fawc. & Rendle Fl. Jamaica 3: 139 (1914).
Alternanthera peploides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.) Urb. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 168 (1918).
Alternanthera villiflora Scheele Linnaea 22: 149 (1849).
Celosia humifusa Willd. ex Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 5: 531 (1819).
Illecebrum peploides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 5: 517 (1819).
Telanthera caracasana (Kunth) Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 370 (1849).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alternanthera caracasana Kunth	Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)

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