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==Species== [[File:Alternanthera Party time.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Alternanthera'' 'Party Time']] [[Image:Alternanthera sessilis W2 IMG 3422.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''[[Alternanthera sessilis]]'']] [[File:Alternanthera polygonoides2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''[[Alternanthera polygonoides]]'']] It is not yet clear how many species belong in the genus. Estimates range between 80 and 200.<ref name=san/><ref name=fna/><ref name=tan/><ref name=itis/><ref>[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?463 GRIN Species Records of ''Alternanthera''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115157/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?463 |date=2015-09-24 }} Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).</ref> ''[[Plants of the World Online]]'' accepts 106 species.<ref name = powo/> As of April 2024, Plants of the World Online accepts the following species:<ref name = powo/> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} *''[[Alternanthera albida]]'' <small>(Moq.) Griseb.</small> *''[[Alternanthera albosquarrosa]]'' <small>Suess.</small> *''[[Alternanthera albotomentosa]]'' <small>Suess.</small> *''[[Alternanthera altacruzensis]]'' <small>Suess.</small> *''[[Alternanthera angustifolia]]'' <small>R.Br.</small> – narrow-leaf joyweed *''[[Alternanthera aquatica]]'' <small>(D.Parodi) Chodat</small> – Hassler's alternanthera *''[[Alternanthera arequipensis]]'' <small>Suess.</small> *''[[Alternanthera areschougii]]'' {{small|R.E.Fr.}} *''[[Alternanthera axillaris]]'' {{small|(Willd.) DC.}} *''[[Alternanthera bahiensis]]'' {{small|Pedersen}} *''[[Alternanthera bettzickiana]]'' {{small|(Regel) G.Nicholson}} – calico-plant *''[[Alternanthera brasiliana]]'' <small>(L.) Kuntze</small> – Brazilian joyweed, ruby leaf ** [[Alternanthera brasiliana var. villosa|''Alternanthera brasiliana'' var. ''villosa'']] {{small| (Moq.) Kuntze}} (synonym ''Alternanthera dentata'' {{small|Stuchlík ex R.E.Fr.}}) – little ruby *''[[Alternanthera calcicola]]'' {{small|Standl.}} *''[[Alternanthera cana]]'' {{small|Suess.}} *''[[Alternanthera canescens]]'' {{small|Kunth}} *''[[Alternanthera caracasana]]'' <small>Kunth</small> – mat chaff-flower, washerwoman *''[[Alternanthera cinerella]]'' {{small|Suess.}} *''[[Alternanthera collina]]'' {{small|Pedersen}} *''[[Alternanthera congesta]]'' {{small|Suess. & O.Stützer}} *''[[Alternanthera cordobensis]]'' {{small|(Standl.) Standl.}} *''[[Alternanthera corymbiformis]]'' {{small|Eliasson}} *''[[Alternanthera costaricensis]]'' {{small|Kuntze}} *''[[Alternanthera crassifolia]]'' {{small|(Standl.) Alain}} *''[[Alternanthera decurrens]]'' {{small|J.C.Siqueira}} *''[[Alternanthera dendrotricha]]'' {{small|C.C.Towns.}} *''[[Alternanthera denticulata]]'' {{small|R.Br.}} – lesser joyweed *''[[Alternanthera dominii]]'' {{small|Schinz}} *''[[Alternanthera ebracteolata]]'' {{small|Sindhu Arya & V.S.A.Kumar}} *''[[Alternanthera echinocephala]]'' <small>(Hook.f.) Christoph.</small> – spiny-headed chaff flower,<ref name=McMu99>{{cite book |last=McMullen |first=Conley K. |date=1999 |title=Flowering Plants of the Galápagos |location=Ithaca, New York |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=978-0-8014-8621-0 }}, p. 144</ref> sea-urchin joyweed *''[[Alternanthera fasciculata]]'' {{small|Suess.}} *''[[Alternanthera fastigiata]]'' {{small|Suess.}} *''[[Alternanthera ficoidea]]'' {{small|(L.) P.Beauv.}} – parrot leaf *''[[Alternanthera filifolia]]'' <small>(Hook.f.) J.T.Howell</small> *''[[Alternanthera flava]]'' {{small|(L.) Mears}} *''[[Alternanthera flavescens]]'' {{small|Kunth}} – yellow joyweed *''[[Alternanthera flavicoma]]'' {{small|(Andersson) J.T.Howell}} *''[[Alternanthera flavida]]'' {{small|Suess.}} *''[[Alternanthera flosculosa]]'' {{small|J.T.Howell}} *''[[Alternanthera galapagensis]]'' {{small|(A.Stewart) J.T.Howell}} *''[[Alternanthera geniculata]]'' {{small|Urb.}} *''[[Alternanthera glaziovii]]'' {{small|R.E.Fr.}} *''[[Alternanthera grandis]]'' {{small|Eliasson}} *''[[Alternanthera halimifolia]]'' {{small|(Lam.) Standl. ex Pittier}} – West Indian joyweed *''[[Alternanthera helleri]]'' <small>(B.L.Rob.) J.T.Howell</small> *''[[Alternanthera herniarioides]]'' {{small|Beurl.}} *''[[Alternanthera hirtula]]'' {{small|(Mart.) R.E.Fr.}} *''[[Alternanthera inaccessa]]'' {{small|Pedersen}} *''[[Alternanthera indica]]'' {{small|Sindhu Arya, V.S.A.Kumar, Sánch.Pino & Iamonico}} *''[[Alternanthera ingramiana]]'' {{small|(Standl.) Schinz}} *''[[Alternanthera jacquinii]]'' {{small|(Schrad.) Alain}} *''[[Alternanthera januarensis]]'' {{small|J.C.Siqueira}} *''[[Alternanthera kanhae]]'' {{small|Vanzara, Katara & Nagar}} *''[[Alternanthera kurtzii]]'' {{small|Schinz ex Pedersen}} *''[[Alternanthera laguroides]]'' {{small|(Standl.) Standl.}} *''[[Alternanthera lanceolata]]'' {{small|(Benth.) Schinz}} *''[[Alternanthera laxa]]'' {{small|Suess.}} *''[[Alternanthera littoralis]]'' <small>P.Beauv.</small> – seaside joyweed *''[[Alternanthera lupulina]]'' {{small|Kunth}} *''[[Alternanthera macbridei]]'' {{small|Standl.}} *''[[Alternanthera martii]]'' {{small|(Moq.) R.E.Fr.}} *''[[Alternanthera micrantha]]'' {{small|R.E.Fr.}} *''[[Alternanthera microphylla]]'' {{small|R.E.Fr.}} *''[[Alternanthera minutiflora]]'' {{small|(Seub.) Suess.}} *''[[Alternanthera mollendoana]]'' {{small|Suess.}} *''[[Alternanthera multicaulis]]'' {{small|(Mart.) Kuntze}} *''[[Alternanthera nahui]]'' {{small|Heenan & de Lange}} *''[[Alternanthera nesiotes]]'' {{small|I.M.Johnst.}} *''[[Alternanthera nodiflora]]'' {{small|R.Br.}} – common joyweed *''[[Alternanthera obovata]]'' {{small|(M.Martens & Galeotti) Millsp.}} *''[[Alternanthera olivacea]]'' {{small|(Urb.) Urb.}} *''[[Alternanthera panamensis]]'' {{small|(Standl.) Standl.}} *''[[Alternanthera paronichyoides]]'' <small>A.St.-Hil.</small> – smooth joyweed *''[[Alternanthera pennelliana]]'' {{small|Mears ex Pedersen}} *''[[Alternanthera peruviana]]'' {{small|(Moq.) Suess.}} *''[[Alternanthera philippo-coburgii]]'' {{small|(Zahlbr. ex Wawra) Suess.}} *''[[Alternanthera philoxeroides]]'' <small>(Mart.) Griseb.</small> – alligator weed *''[[Alternanthera porrigens]]'' {{small|(Jacq.) Kuntze}} *''[[Alternanthera praelonga]]'' {{small|A.St.-Hil.}} *''[[Alternanthera puberula]]'' {{small|(Mart.) D.Dietr.}} *''[[Alternanthera pubiflora]]'' {{small|(Benth.) Kuntze}} *''[[Alternanthera pulchella]]'' {{small|Kunth}} *''[[Alternanthera pulverulenta]]'' {{small|Moq.}} *''[[Alternanthera pumila]]'' {{small|O.Stützer}} *''[[Alternanthera pungens]]'' {{small|Kunth}} *''[[Alternanthera pycnantha]]'' {{small|(Benth.) Standl.}} *''[[Alternanthera raimondii]]'' {{small|Suess.}} *''[[Alternanthera regelii]]'' {{small|(Seub.) Schinz}} *''[[Alternanthera reineckii]]'' <small>Briq.</small> *''[[Alternanthera robinsonii]]'' {{small|Suess.}} *''[[Alternanthera rufa]]'' {{small|(Mart.) D.Dietr.}} *''[[Alternanthera rugulosa]]'' {{small|(B.L.Rob.) J.T.Howell}} *''[[Alternanthera serpens]]'' {{small|Pedersen}} *''[[Alternanthera serpyllifolia]]'' {{small|(Poir.) Urb.}} *''[[Alternanthera sessilis]]'' <small>(L.) DC.</small> – rabbit-meat, sessile joyweed, downy joyweed, hairy joyweed *''[[Alternanthera snodgrassii]]'' {{small|(B.L.Rob.) J.T.Howell}} *''[[Alternanthera spinosa]]'' {{small|(Hornem.) Schult.}} *''[[Alternanthera stellata]]'' {{small|(S.Watson) Uline & W.L.Bray}} *''[[Alternanthera stenophylla]]'' {{small|(Standl.) Standl.}} *''[[Alternanthera suessenguthii]]'' {{small|Covas}} *''[[Alternanthera tetramera]]'' {{small|R.E.Fr.}} *''[[Alternanthera tomentosa]]'' {{small|(Moq.) Schinz}} *''[[Alternanthera tubulosa]]'' {{small|Suess.}} *''[[Alternanthera vestita]]'' {{small|(Andersson) J.T.Howell}} *''[[Alternanthera villosa]]'' {{small|Kunth}} {{div col end}} ===Formerly placed here=== * ''[[Gomphrena subscaposa]]'' {{small|(Hook.f.) T.Ortuño & Borsch}} (as ''Alternanthera subscaposa'' {{small|Hook.f}})
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