Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Alternanthera filifolia subsp. glaucescens
alternanthera
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Alternanthera
Species
filifolia
Subspecies
subsp. glaucescens
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Syn: Bucholtzia glaucescens Hook. f., Telanthera glaucescens Moq., T. strictiuscula Anderss., Telanthera angustata Andersson fide Wiggins & Porter (1971).
Origin: Endemic
- Adsersen, H. (1989) The Rare Plants of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador and their Conservation. Biol. Conservation 47(1): 49-77.
- Andersson, N.J. (1855) Om Galápagos Öarnes Vegetation. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps Akademien Handl., Stockholm: 61-256.
- Hooker, J.D. (1847) An Enumeration of the Plants of the Galapagos Archipelago; with descriptions of those which are new. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 20: 163-233.
- Howell, J.T. (1933) The Amaranthaceae of the Galapagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 21(9) 87-116.
- Robinson, B.L. Greenman, J.M. (1895) On the flora of the Galápagos Islands as shown by the collections of Dr. Baur. Amer. J. Sci. 50: 135-149.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Alternanthera filifolia subsp. glaucescens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=139. Accessed 9 June 2026.