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Accession Data:

Alternanthera brasiliana (L.) Kuntze

  • Common Name: Brazilian Joyweed
  • Family: Amaranthaceae Juss.
  • Synonym(s): Alternanthera dentata (Moench.) Stuchlik ex R.E. Fries

  • Country of Origin: West Indies to Brazil

  • USDA Zone: 10-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199200486
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1992
  • Bench: 1302 - NEOA: North Bench E
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 03-27-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Amaranthaceae
  • SubFamily: Gomphrenoideae
  • Tribe: Gomphreneae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
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References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Gulf / Mexican Pacific Is. / Mexico Northwest / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Belize / Guatemala / Nicaragua / Leeward Is. / Windward Is. / French Guiana / Guyana / Suriname / Venezuela / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru / Brazil West-Central / Brazil Northeast / Brazil Southeast / Brazil North / Brazil South

References (external):

  1. Alternanthera brasiliana at ARS-GRIN Taxonomy. Last accessed on Sunday, October 21, 2018.

data regenerated on Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:33:14 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Alternanthera brasiliana

Additional images for this accession:

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Current Accessions in the Amaranthaceae

Subfamily Chenopodioideae

  • Beta vulgaris 'Fordhook Giant'

Subfamily Chenopodioideae
Tribe Atripliceae

  • Manochlamys albicans

Subfamily Gomphrenoideae
Tribe Gomphreneae

  • Alternanthera brasiliana
  • Alternanthera ficoidea
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= accession added within past 90 days
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