Alternanthera echinocephala: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Alternanthera
- Species
- Alternanthera echinocephala
- Scientific Name
- Alternanthera echinocephala
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Alternanthera echinocephala
Alternanthera echinocephala, known as spiny-headed chaff flower, is a shrubby plant in the family Amaranthaceae native to the Galápagos Islands, mainland Ecuador, and Peru. Its relatively large spiny "heads" of flowers distinguish it from other species of Alternanthera found in the Galápagos.
...Alternanthera echinocephala in languages:
- English
- spiny chaff flower
- English
- sea-urchin joyweed
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Alternanthera albida
- Alternanthera albosquarrosa
- Alternanthera albotomentosa
- Alternanthera altacruzensis
- Alternanthera angustifolia
- Alternanthera aquatica
- Alternanthera arequipensis
- Alternanthera areschougii
- Alternanthera axillaris
- Alternanthera bahiensis
- Alternanthera bettzickiana
- Alternanthera brasiliana
- Alternanthera calcicola
- Alternanthera cana
- Alternanthera canescens
- Alternanthera caracasana
- Alternanthera cinerella
- Alternanthera collina
- Alternanthera congesta
- Alternanthera cordobensis
- Alternanthera corymbiformis
- Alternanthera costaricensis
- Alternanthera crassifolia
- Alternanthera decurrens
- Alternanthera dendrotricha
- Alternanthera denticulata
- Alternanthera dominii
- Alternanthera echinocephala
- Alternanthera ficoidea
- Alternanthera filifolia
- Alternanthera flava
- Alternanthera flavescens
- Alternanthera flavicoma
- Alternanthera galapagensis
- Alternanthera geniculata
- Alternanthera gracilis
- Alternanthera grandis
- Alternanthera halimifolia
- Alternanthera helleri
- Alternanthera hirtula
- Alternanthera kurtzii
- Alternanthera laguroides
- Alternanthera lanceolata
- Alternanthera laxa
- Alternanthera littoralis
- Alternanthera lupulina
- Alternanthera macbridei
- Alternanthera maritima
- Alternanthera micrantha
- Alternanthera microphylla
- Alternanthera mollendoana
- Alternanthera nahui
- Alternanthera nana
- Alternanthera nesiotes
- Alternanthera nodifera
- Alternanthera nodiflora
- Alternanthera obovata
- Alternanthera olivacea
- Alternanthera paronychioides
- Alternanthera peruviana
- Alternanthera philoxeroides
- Alternanthera porrigens
- Alternanthera praelonga
- Alternanthera pubiflora
- Alternanthera pulverulenta
- Alternanthera pumila
- Alternanthera pungens
- Alternanthera pycnantha
- Alternanthera ramosissima
- Alternanthera reineckii
- Alternanthera robinsonii
- Alternanthera rugulosa
- Alternanthera sessilis
- Alternanthera sissoo
- Alternanthera snodgrassii
- Alternanthera stellata
- Alternanthera subscaposa
- Alternanthera suessenguthii
- Alternanthera vestita