Alternanthera sessilis L.
Authors/Creators
- 1. Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt & azmeyw @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7605 - 9058
- 2. Department of Biology, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia & naaalshaye @ pnu. edu. sa; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0447 - 8613
- 3. Department of Environmental Biology, Univeristy of Rome Sapienza, 00185 Rome, Italy & duilio. iamonico @ uniroma 1. it; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5491 - 7568
Description
3.3. Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC., Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 77. 1813
≡ Gomphrena sessilis L., Sp. Pl. 1: 225. 1753.
Type (lectotype designated by Mears 1980: 89):—Herb. Hermann 2: 9, no. 116 (BM000621528!, image of the lectotype available at https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/62000d75-9129-4926-8676-27aad2d9c69a/1691020800000).
Alien status:― Neophyte, native to Mexico, Central and South America, Africa, and Asia, according to Clemants (2003), whereas POWO (2023) indicates it as alien in Africa. The native distribution area of Alternanthera sessilis needs further investigations. Concerning Saudi Arabia, we prefer to avoid a definitive state and precautionary consider the species as doubtfully native (as defined in Iamonico 2023). Note that Chaudhary (1998) stated “Recorded from the Southwest. Maybe more widespread”, whereas Alfarhan et al. (2021) indicated the species as invasive (thus not autochthonous).
Occurrence in Saudi Arabia:― Al hudud ash Shamaliyah (Osman & El-Ameid Abedin 2019), ʿAsīr (Collenette 1999), Jazan (Miller & Cope 1996, Collenette 1999).
Specimina visa selecta:— SAUDI ARABIA. Jazan, Head of dam, Abu Arish, In cornfield, 14 october 1983, Collenette 4655 (E00692536).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- L.
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Alternanthera
- Species
- sessilis
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- Mears, A. J. (1980) The Linnaean species of Gomphrena L. (Amaranthaceae). Taxon 29 (1): 85 - 95. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1219601
- Clemants, S. E. (2003) Alternanthera Forssk. In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee (Eds.) Flora of North America North Mexico (Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllydae, part 1), 4. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 447 - 451.
- POWO (2023) Plants of the World Online. Available from: https: // powo. science. kew. org / (accessed: 12 September 2023).
- Iamonico, D. (2023) Nomenclature Survey of the Genus Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae): 12. Questions about Amaranthus caudatus. Plants 12: 1566. https: // doi. org / 10.3390 / plants 12071566
- Chaudhary, S. A. (1998) Flora of the Kingdom of the Saudi Arabia, vol. 1. Ministry of Agriculture & Water, Riyadh, 692 pp.
- Alfarhan, A. H., Thomas, J. & Rajakrishan, R. (2021) Impact Assessment and Management of Invasive Species in Plant Diversity Centers and Agriculture Fields of Saudi Arabia In: Pullaiah, T. & Ielmini, M. R. (Eds.) Invasive Alien Species: Observations and Issues from Around the World, vol. 2. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 207 - 225. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / 9781119607045. ch 22
- Osman, A. K. E. & El-Ameid Abedin, M. A. (2019) Floristic diversity of Wadi Ar'ar, Saudi Arabia. Journal of Taibah University for Science 13 (1): 772 - 789. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 16583655.2019.1634177
- Collenette, S. (1999) Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), 799 pp.
- Miller, A. G. & Cope, T. A. (1996) Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra, vol. 1. Edinburgh university press, Edinburgh, 586 pp.