Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1818), Flore d'Oware et de Benin en Afrique 2(17): 66, t. 99, fig. 1 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Gomphrena ficoidea L. legitimate

• Comment: Authorship of Alternanthera ficoidea is sometimes attributed to "(L.) R.Br.". R.Brown, Prodr. 417 (1810), lists Illecebrum ficoideum (L.) L. as a species that should be referred to Alternanthera but does not definitely associate the genus name and specific epithet as required under ICN Art. 35.2 (Shenzhen Code, 2018).

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Amaranthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 137 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gomphrena ficoidea L. legitimate

• Comment: Cited as Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) R.Br.

Jessup, L.W. (2003), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 1 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Alternanthera bettzichiana (Regel) G.Nicholson legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Alternanthera ficoides P.Beauv. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Gomphrena ficoidea L. legitimate misapplication: Alternanthera bettzichiana (Regel) G.Nicholson legitimate by Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Amaranthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 137 misapplication: Alternanthera bettzichiana (Regel) G.Nicholson legitimate by Halford, D.A. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (1994), Amaranthaceae. Queensland Vascular Plants: Names and Distribution: 12 misapplication: Alternanthera bettzichiana (Regel) G.Nicholson legitimate by Halford, D.A. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (1997), Amaranthaceae. Queensland Plants: Names and Distribution: 14

• APC Dist.: Qld

Bean, A.R. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (8 December 2010), Amaranthaceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2010: 7 [secondary reference]

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