Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1783), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 1(1): 95 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Cette plante croît dans l'Arabie & aux envirens de Rosette en Egypte."

• Comment: nom. illeg. superfluous name – based on same type as Alternanthera achyranthes Forsskal (1775) & Alternanthera repens Gmelin (1791) (see J.A.Mears, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 129 (1977) 3).

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1879), The Native Plants of Victoria 1: 161 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 28 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1887), Plants collected in Capricornic Western Australia, by H.S. King. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 23: 52 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1887), Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 9: 213 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 159 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Alternanthera denticulata R.Br. legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 79 [secondary reference]

Mears, J.A. (1977), The Nomenclature and Type Collections of the Widespread Taxa of Alternanthera. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 129: 3 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex DC. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex DC. legitimate

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