Inflorescence; Vale do Catimbau National Park, Buíque, Pernambuco, Brazil; 10/2014 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaves; Vale do Catimbau National Park, Buíque, Pernambuco, Brazil; 10/2014 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Vale do Catimbau National Park, Buíque, Pernambuco, Brazil; 10/2014 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 2319
Date of entry: 28.10.2014
Last update: 11.01.2020
Kingdom: Plantae (2728)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2642)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2226)
Order: Caryophyllales (114)
Family: Amaranthaceae (17)(family description)
Genus: Alternanthera (2)
Epithet: ficoidea (L.) Sm. (1)
Synonyms: Achyranthes ficoidea (L.) Lam., Alternanthera tenella Colla
tenella => delicate, tender
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: orange, beige, white