Genus: Alternanthera
Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
>
Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants)
> Core Eudicots
> Order: Caryophyllales > Family:
Amaranthaceae > Subfamily: Gomphrenoideae
About
100 species, native mainly to the New World tropics and subtropics; four
species have become naturalised in southern Africa and a further two
species are cultivated in the region.
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