Plant Details

Accepted name:: Alternanthera porrigens (Jacq.) Kuntze [Amaranthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Alternanthera porrigens var. mearsii Eliasson

Alternanthera porrigens var. porrigens

Alternanthera porrigens var. piurensis (Standl.) Eliasson

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
lancetilla de campo	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
lancetilla grande	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
moradilla	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peru (Revene et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf, flower		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
aerial part, leaf		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Achyranthes porrigens Jacq. Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 3: 54 (1798).
Brandesia porrigens (Jacq.) Mart. Beitr. Amarantac.: 106 (1825).
Telanthera porrigens (Jacq.) Endl. Cat. Hort. Vindob. 1: 265 (1842).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alternanthera porrigens (Jacq.) Kuntze	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Alternanthera porrigens (Jacq.) Kuntze var. porrigens	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Alternanthera porrigens (Jacquin) Kuntze	Med. Pl. in N Peru (Revene et al., 2008)
Alternanthera porrigens var. porrigens (Jacq.) Kuntze	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)

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