Meaning | genus of low herbs of tropical America and Australia; includes genus Telanthera. |
---|
Synonym | Alternanthera |
---|
Member of | Amaranthaceae, family Amaranthaceae, amaranth family | cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs |
---|
Members | alligator weed, alligator grass, Alternanthera philoxeroides | prolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers |
---|
Broader | caryophylloid dicot genus | genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers |
---|
Spanish | alternanthera, genus alternanthera |
---|
Catalan | alternanthera, genus alternanthera |
---|