Achyranthes leptostachya

Achyranthes leptostachya

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 leptostachya

Name

Achyranthes leptostachya E.Mey. ex Meisn., London J. Bot. 2: 548 (err. typ. 448). (1843)

• Type: South Africa: Ad ripas fl. Koya R. Uitenhage. 1839-04, Krauss, C.F.F. #785. Holotype: ?; Isotype: M M0107316.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Achyropsis leptostachya Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 3(1): 36. (1880), nom. inval.
  • Achyropsis leptostachya (E.Mey.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks., Index Kew. 1(1): 27. (1893)
  • Achyropsis leptostachya (E.Mey. ex Meisn.) Baker & C.B.Clarke, Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1.1): 66. (1909), isonym
• Heterotypic
  • Achyranthes alba Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 311. (1849)
  • Achyranthes verreauxii Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 311. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Brandesia alba Mart. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 311. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Achyropsis alba (Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Moq.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks., Index Kew. 1(1): 27. (1893)
  • Centrostachys alba (Mart.) Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 1915, v. 75, in obs.
  • Psilotrichum densiflorum Lopr., Malpighia 14: 453 (1901); et in Engl. Jahrb. 30: 110. (1902)

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Baker, J.G. & Clarke, C.B. 1909. Amarantaceae. pp. 14–75. In: Thiselton-Dyer, W.T. (ed.): Flora of Tropical Africa 6(1). London. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• 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. 
• Meisner, C.F. 1843. Contributions towards a Flora of South Africa. (Continued from [v. 1] p. 476.) The London Journal of Botany 2: 53–105 BHL, 527–559 BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Standley, P.C. 1915. The application of the generic name Achyranthes. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 5: 72–76. 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 leptostachya 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 leptostachya. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 27 2025. Reference page.

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