Alternanthera sessilis - Sessile Joyweed - Biodiversity of Singapore

Taxonomic tree

Kingdom Plantae 2414 Phylum Tracheophyta 2407 Subphylum Angiospermae 2272 Class Magnoliopsida 1790 Order Caryophyllales 44 Family Amaranthaceae 8 Subfamily Gomphrenoideae 5 Genus Alternanthera 4

Alternanthera bettzickiana Alternanthera ficoidea Alternanthera paronychioides

Alternanthera sessilis

Unsure

Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex DC. Species

Sessile Joyweed

Indeterminate origin, herb species. Cryptogenic weed, cultivated.

Other common names

Amaranthus Weed en, Dwarf Copperleaf en, Haicha en, Lian Zi Cao zh, Mukunnuwanna ta, Rabbit-meat en, Chaff Flower en, 节节花 zh, 莲子草 zh, 革命菜 zh.

Distribution

Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Russia, Rwanda, Saint-Barthelemy, Saint-Martin, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, The Gambia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Zambia and Zimbabwe.