Achyropsis avicularis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Achyropsis
Species: Achyropsis avicularis

Name

Achyropsis avicularis (E.Mey. ex Moq.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks., Index Kew. 1(1): 27. (1893) (as "acicularis")

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Achyranthes avicularis E.Mey. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 311. (1849)
    • Type: South Africa, near Durban Natal. Drège J.F. #s.n. Types: K K000243768, P P00487012, S S07-12302. Probable types: HBG502341, K000243767.
• Homotypic
  • Achyropsis avicularis (E.Mey. ex Moq.) T.Cooke & C.H.Wright, Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 5(1.2): 430. (1901), corrected name error
  • Centrostachys avicularis (E.Mey. ex Moq.) Standl., J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 75. (1915)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Southern Africa KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. 1880. Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus servata definita. Vol. 3, pars 1, sistens Dicotyledonum Monochlamydearum ordines XXXVI (Nyctagnieas – Ceratophylleas) et Gymnospermearum ordines III (Gnetaceas – Cycadaceas). A. Black, 459 pp. Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. : 36 (by error as "acicularis")
• Cooke, T. & Wright, C.H. 1912. Amarantaceae. In: Thiselton-Dyer (ed.): Flora Capensis. Volume 5, part 1, pp. 402–433. BHL Reference page. : 430
• Jackson, B.D. 1893. Index Kewensis plantarum phanerogamarum. Nomina et synonyma omnium generum et specierum a Linnaeo usque ad annum MDCCCLXXXV complectens nomine recepto auctore patria unicuique plantae subjectis sumptibus beati Caroli Roberti Darwin ductu et consilio Josephi D. Hooker confecit B. Daydon Jackson. Tomus I, Fasc. I. Pp. 1–632. E Prelo Clarendoniano, Oxonii [Oxford]. BHL Reference page. : 27
• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Amarantaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 231–424. Masson, Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 311
• Standley, P.C. 1915. The application of the generic name Achyranthes. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 5: 72–76. BHL Reference page. : 75

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Achyropsis avicularis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 12. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Achyropsis avicularis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Achyropsis avicularis. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 12 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Achyropsis avicularis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Sept. 2019.