Herbaria

Family

Amaranthaceae s.l.

subfamily

Amaranthoideae

Genus

Alternanthera Forssk.

Species

Alternanthera sessilis (L.)DC.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

(L.)DC.

citation

Cat. Hort. Monsp. :77 (1813)

herbariaSynonyms

Gomphrena sessilis L.

Alternanthera acyranth Forssk.

Alternanthera repens J.F.Gmelin

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Mm-Nv-Nn-On-Rz)

CAIM (Nv)

CAIRC (Mm- Nv)

SCUI (Dg)

TANE (Nv, Mm)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

CAIM

CAIRC

SCUI

TANE

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAIRC (7)

SCUI (3)

CAI (160)

TANE (35)

Habitat

drains and irrigated canals

FlFrperiod

March-December

LifeForm

LifeSpan

Annual or short-lived perennial

herbariaArabicName

Loqmet El Hamal لقمة الحمل

EnglishName

sessile joyweed

herbariaUses

GlobalDistribution

Tropics and subtropics worldwide

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

El Hadidi, M.N. and El Hadidy, A.M. 1980. 57.Amaranthaceae. in M.N.El Hadidi (ed.). Flora of Egypt. Taeckholmia add.ser.1:13-92

Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' Flora of Egypt ed.2. Cairo University

El Hadidi, M.N.& Fayed, A. 1994/95. Materials for Excursion Flora of Egypt (EFE). Taeckholmia 15

Boulos, L. 1999. Flora of Egypt, vol1. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt