Achyranthes annua
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales |
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| Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Achyranthes
Species: Achyranthes annua
Name
[edit]Achyranthes annua Dinter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 82 (1917).
- Type: Namibia, [Otjozondjupa Region] Otjihua b.[y] Okandja Dtr. [District] Eahero [Farm], Dinter 3303 (B, destroyed).
- Neotype: (selected by Sukhorukov et al., 2024): Namibia, [Oshikoto Region] Tsumeb, April 1934, Dinter 7434. K K005771734.
Synonyms
[edit]- Homotypic
- Heterotypic
- Achyranthes argentea var. viridescens Moq. in DC., Prodr. 13(2): 315 (1849).
- Achyranthes asperoides Pires de Lima, Brotéria. Sér. Bot. 19: 116 (1921).
- Lectotype (designated by Sukhorukov et al., 2024): Mozambique. Na planície inculta junto de Palma, 26 February 1917, A. Pires de Lima 118. PO PO69282; Isolectotype: PO69283.
- Achyranthes aspera f. annulosa Suess., Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 1: 69 (1951).
- Holotype: Uganda, Ishasha, 4000 ft, November 1946, J.W. Purseglove 2284. K.
- Achyranthes aspera subf. angustifolia Suess., Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 1: 69 (1951).
- Holotype: Sierra Leone, [Southern Prov.,] Njala, 28 December 1932, F.C. Deighton 2584. K K000243721.
- Misapplied names
- Achyranthes argentea auct.: Berhaut (1971).
- Achyranthes aspera var. argentea auct.: Hauman (1951), Cavaco (1953), Sunding (1973).
- Achyranthes aspera auct. in herb. div.
- Achyranthes aspera var. sicula auct.: Boudet and Lebrun (1986), Barry and Celles (1991), Lebrun et al. (1991), Audru et al. (1994), Townsend (1985, 1988, 1993b, 2000), Miller (1996), Wood (1997), Germishuizen and Meyer (2003), Mapaura et al. (2004), Setshogo (2005), Figueiredo and Smith (2008), Brundu and Camarda (2013), Klaassen and Kwembeya (2013), César and Chatelain (2019), Odorico et al. (2022), Gosline et al. (2023).
- Achyranthes sicula auct.: Podlech (1966), Lebrun (1973), Peyre de Fabregues and Lebrun (1976), Hassan et al. (2023).
Distribution
[edit]| Native distribution areas: |
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References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition |
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Dinter, K. 1917. XIV. Index der aus Deutsch-Südwestafrika bis zum Jahre 1917 bekannt gewordenen Pflanzenarten. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 15(4–7): 77–92. DOI: 10.1002/fedr.19170150404, BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- 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.
Links
[edit]- Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Achyranthes annua in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Nov. 27. Reference page.
- International Plant Names Index. 2025. Achyranthes annua. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 27 2025. Reference page.