Gomphrena brasiliana Linnaeus , Centuria II Plantarum : 13. 1756 Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part G) Jarvis, Charlie (L.) Kuntze Kuntze 1891 Linnaeus 1756 Magnoliopsida Amaranthaceae Alternanthera Plantae Caryophyllales 529 Tracheophyta species brasiliana      Gomphrena brasilianaLinnaeus,  Centuria II Plantarum: 13. 1756.  "Habitat in Brasilia." RCN: 1840.   Lectotype(Mears in Taxon29: 91. 1980): [icon] " Amarantho affinis Brasiliana, domeratis parvisaue flosculis" in Breyn, Exot. Pl. Cent.: 111, t. 52. 1678.