Alternanthera brasiliana

Alternanthera brasiliana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Genus:	Alternanthera
Species:	A. brasiliana
Binomial name
	Alternanthera brasiliana; (L.) Kuntze (1891)
Varieties
	Alternanthera brasiliana var. brasiliana; Alternanthera brasiliana var. villosa (Moq.) Kuntze;
Synonyms
	Achyranthes brasiliana (L.) Standl. (1915); Alternanthera dentata Scheygr. (1932), nom. superfl.; Gomphrena brasiliana L. (1759) (basionym); Gomphrena brasiliensis Jacq. (1789), nom. superfl.; Gomphrena dentata Moench (1802), nom. superfl.; Philoxerus brasiliana (L.) Sm. (1814); Telanthera brasiliana (L.) Moq. (1849); Telanthera brasiliensis Endl. (1842), nom. superfl.; Telanthera dentata Moq. (1849), nom. superfl.;

Alternanthera brasiliana, also known as large purple alternanthera, metal weed, bloodleaf, parrot leaf, ruby leaf, Brazilian joyweed, purple alternanthera, purple joyweed, is a flowering plant of the amaranth family that is native to the forests of South America and as well as Central America, ranging from northeastern Mexico to northeastern Argentina. It is grown as an ornamental plant.

Alternanthera brasiliana var. villosa, a variety known as little ruby or ruby leaf alternanthera, is also known by the synonym Alternanthera dentata.

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