Alternanthera pungens Kunth, 2023

Hassan, Walaa A., Al-Shaye, Najla A. & Iamonico, Duilio, 2023, A critical inventory of the family Amaranthaceae s. str. in Saudi Arabia, Phytotaxa 626 (4), pp. 223-246 : 231

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.626.4.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10249927
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/97224201-FFFA-9018-FF4C-6CBC83291152
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Alternanthera pungens Kunth
status	gen. nov.

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3.2. Alternanthera pungens Kunth View in CoL , Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto) 2(7): 206. 1818.

Neotype (designated by Iamonico & Del Pino 2016: 338):— VENEZUELA. Crescit in ripa Orinaoci prope nobilem cataractam Maypurensium, sine die, Bonpland s.n. ( P00136008 !, image of the neotype available at http://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/ collection/p/item/p00136008).

Alien status:― Neophyte, native to South America ( Iamonico & Sánchez Del Pino 2016: 338); naturalized in Saudi Arabia (see also Chaudhary 1998).

Occurrence in Saudi Arabia:― Al-Baha ( Aljieddani et al. 2021), ʿAsīr (Al-Namazi et al. 2022), Jazan, Makkah ( Al-Eisawi & Al-Ruzayza 2015).

Specimina visa selecta:— SAUDI ARABIA. Jazan, Wadi Arub , 27 february 2000, Al Turki et al. 11943 ( KSU) ; ʿAsīr, Raida , 21 may 1998, Alfahran & Thomas 5970 ( KFU!) ; ʿAsīr, Wadi Al Uss on west side of jebel Sawdah (Abha) near Police Post , In wooded ravine - under Zizyphus tree, 15 may 1981, Collenette 2685 (E00692533) .