Achyranthes acuminata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Achyranthes
Species: Achyranthes acuminata

Name

Achyranthes acuminata E.Mey. ex Sonder, Linnaea 23: 96 (1850).

• Lectotype: (designated by Sukhorukov et al., 2024): South Africa, Port Natal [Durban], schattige Waldplätze, 400 ft, 9 April 1832, Drège 4679. P P01029520.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Achyranthes aspera f. nigrescens Suess., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 15: 56 (1938).
    • Lectotype: (designated by Sukhorukov et al., 2024): DR Congo, [Équateur Prov.,] Environs d’Eala, July 1930, J. Lebrun 1230. BR BR0000008819543; Isolectotypes: BR000000881923, K.
  • Achyranthes bidentata var. africana Cavaco, nom. nud. in herb. BM, K.
  • Achyranthes africana Sukhor., nom. nud. in herb. BM, BR, K.
• Misapplied names
  • Achyranthes aspera var. rubrofusca auct. in herb. BM, K.
  • Achyranthes bidentata auct.: Baker and Clarke (1909), Hutchinson and Dalziel (1927), Keay (1954), Lebrun and Stork (1991), Figueiredo and Smith (2008), Phiri (2005), Klopper et al. (2006).

Homonyms

• Achyranthes acuminata hort. ex Schinz, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 16c: 82. (1934), nom. inval. in syn.
• Achyranthes acuminata Hovey, Nursery Cat. (Hovey & co.) 1882: 15 (1882), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo Republic, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Sonder, O.W. 1850. Beiträge zur Flora von Südafrica. Linnaea 23: 1–138. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Sukhorukov, A.P., Kushunina, M., Nilova, M.V., Baider, C. & Sennikov, A.N. 2024. Africa and Arabia encompass a much greater species diversity in the Achyranthes aspera aggregate (Amaranthaceae, achyranthoid clade): Evidence from morphological and chorological data. PhytoKeys 250: 21–94. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.250.136139, BHL Reference page.