Achyranthes schinzii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales

Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Regnum*: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Regnum*: Viridiplantae Cladus: Streptophyta Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta Cladus: Embryophyta Cladus: Polysporangiophyta Divisio*: Tracheophyta Cladus: Eutracheophyta Cladus: Euphyllophytina Cladus: Megaphylla Cladus: Radiatopses Cladus: Lignophyta Cladus: Metalignophyta Diviso*: Spermatophyta Classis*: Angiospermae Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicota Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

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

Name

Achyranthes schinzii (Standl.) Cufod., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 23 (Suppl.): 73. (1953)

• Lectotype (designated by Di Vincenzo et al., 2025): UGANDA. Unjoro, Seengebiet, F. Stuhlmann 335. JE JE00013105.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Centrostachys schinzii Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 76. (1915), nom. nov.
• Replaced synonym
  • Achyranthes lanuginosa Schinz, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C. (1895) 174; et in Bot. Jahrb. 21: 186 (1895), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Achyranthes lanuginosa Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2, 5: 166. 1835).
• Homotypic
  • Pandiaka lanuginosa Schinz, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 16c: 64. (1934), nom. illeg. superfl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Northeast Tropical Africa NE-Somalia East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Standley, P.C. 1915. The application of the generic name Achyranthes. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 5: 72–76. BHL Reference page. 
• Schinz, H. 1934. Amarantaceae, in: Engler, A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (eds.): Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, ed.2. 16c, Engelmann, Leipzig: 7–85, 585–586. Reference page. 
• Schinz, H. 1895. Amarantaceae africanae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 21: 178–191. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Di Vincenzo, V., Berendsohn, W., Wondafrash, M. & Borsch, T. 2025. Phylogenetics and morphological character evolution in the achyranthoid clade (Amaranthaceae): Evidence to re-circumscribe the genera Achyranthes and Cyathula and to resurrect a third species of the former genus Sericocomopsis in East Africa. Taxon 74(1): 66–100. DOI: 10.1002/tax.13284 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Achyranthes schinzii 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 schinzii. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 27 2025. Reference page.