Alternanthera pungens (L.) Kunth

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 252-342 : 257

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scientific name	Alternanthera pungens (L.) Kunth
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Achyranthes repens Linnaeus View in CoL , Species Plantarum 1: 205. 1753 View Cited Treatment .

"Habitat in Turcomannia." RCN: 1681.

Replaced synonym of: Illecebrum achyranthum L. (1762) , nom. illeg.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 1: 8, t. 7, f. 7. 1732 - Typotype: Herb. Sherard ( OXF) .

Current name: Alternanthera pungens (L.) Kunth View in CoL View at ENA ( Amaranthaceae ).

Note: Melville (in Kew Bull. 13: 173. 1958) designated a cultivated specimen in the Sherard herbarium (OXF) as the holotype but this would not have been seen by Linnaeus and is not original material for the name.