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Alternanthera ficoidea (sanguinaria)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Alternanthera ficoidea is a type of herb belonging to the Amarathaceae family. It is also known as Alternanthera tenella, and is common and widespread throughout the tropics. It is in fact an endemic herb in the Western Ghats of India. However it is invasive to the island of Palau, and Philippines. The herb has been introduced to Japan, and many other Pacific islands, where they are not invasive. Propagation occurs via seeds.
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Infraspecies

Alternanthera ficoidea var. bettzickiana (calicoplant) (Attributes)
Alternanthera ficoidea var. ficoidea

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [3]  Herb

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Carara National Park II 12983 Costa Rica  
Mburucuyá National Park II   Corrientes, Argentina  
Palo Verde National Park II 46190 Costa Rica  
Seaflower Marine Protected Area 15125514 Colombia      

Predators

Crithagra atrogularis (Black-throated Canary)[4]
Crithagra mozambica (Yellow-fronted Canary)[4]
Pulvinaria psidii (green shield scale)[5]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Apis mellifera (honey bee)[6]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 6Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0