Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Alternanthera ficoidea
alternanthera
Leaves are rounded and the flowers have 5 sepals. The seeds are reddish brown and broad (Flora of Panama, 2013).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Alternanthera
Species
ficoidea
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Alternanthera tenella Colla;
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Ranges from Mexico to Argentina. (Flora of Panama, 2013).
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
- Svenson, H.K. (1935) Plants of the Astor Expedition, 1930 (Galapagos and Cocos Islands). Am. J. Bot. 22: 208-277.
- Howell, J.T. (1933) The Amaranthaceae of the Galapagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 21(9) 87-116.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
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"Galapagos Species Database, Alternanthera ficoidea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15828. Accessed 16 July 2025.