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Accession Data:

Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) R. Br. ex R. & S.

  • Common Name: Josephs Coat
  • Family: Amaranthaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: South America

  • Culture: light shade
  • USDA Zone: 10-12

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500577
  • Source: Unknown
  • Recorded Vouchers:
    1. Voucher 129190 at George Safford Torrey Herbarium (CONN). Specimen collected 24 February 2005.
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 3309 - NEOB: StarSteel 3x12
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 03-24-2025

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:
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References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • Plants with Vouchers deposited in CONN

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 29, 2017.

data regenerated on Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:12:02 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Alternanthera ficoidea

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Current Accessions in the Amaranthaceae

Subfamily Chenopodioideae

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Subfamily Chenopodioideae
Tribe Atripliceae

  • Manochlamys albicans

Subfamily Gomphrenoideae
Tribe Gomphreneae

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