Alternanthera littoralis

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Alternanthera

At a glance

Occurrence records220

Data sources8

Biological traits17

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Alternanthera littoralis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility216 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System4 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page6 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources17 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS1 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS220 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Alternanthera littoralis is an African species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae. The leaves are eaten as a vegetable.Grubben, G.J.H. & Denton, O.A. (2004) Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA Foundation, Wageningen; Backhuys, Leiden; CTA, Wageningen.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology2

Plant height1 m

Plant height max6.1 m

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formsubshrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formchamaephyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max100 m

Elevation min0 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Habitat GIFTÁrea Antrópica, Restinga

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC4

03Chemical composition1 compounds

Compounds documented for Alternanthera littoralis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile1 class

Flavones1

Documented compounds1 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Class	Amount	Source
vitexin 2''-O-beta-D-glucoside		present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Alternanthera littoralis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★ITS

fungal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type220 records

Wild obs. + sensor54

Museum / vouchered165

Other1

Origin

Native72

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO464 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit4

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 0.5 m · max 0.5 m · 4 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 54 records without

Open the mapobservation + sensor54

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 165 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence165

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions11 of 42 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
UFESlocation not on record	19
Blumenau, BR	18
Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record	15
Chaguaramas, TT	14
UFBAlocation not on record	9
Kew, GB	8
Salvador, BR	5
JBRJlocation not on record	5
UFSClocation not on record	4
Herbier National du Gabonlocation not on record	4
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santolocation not on record	4
UFRRJlocation not on record	3
Bronx, US	3
MAlocation not on record	3
Universidade Federal do Maranhãolocation not on record	3
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarinalocation not on record	3
Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record	3
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	3
Instituto do Meio Ambientelocation not on record	2
IAPlocation not on record	2
Santa Teresa, BR	2
UERJlocation not on record	2
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record	1
Universidade da Região de Joinville - Univillelocation not on record	1
Cascavel, BR	1
Teresina, BR	1
Masindi, UG	1
Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record	1
HNBlocation not on record	1
National Herbarium of São Tomé and Principelocation not on record	1
CEPLAClocation not on record	1
Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record	1
Frankfurt am Main	1
LDlocation not on record	1
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record	1
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record	1
UEMlocation not on record	1
UTFPR-CPlocation not on record	1
Museo naturalistico del Frignano Ferruccio Minghellilocation not on record	1
UNIVILLElocation not on record	1
Campo Mourão, BR	1
UNICAMPlocation not on record	1

42 institutions · 154 of 165 vouchered records shown · 11 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Alternanthera littoralis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found1

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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