Evelynastra pallida

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: Evelynastra
Species: Evelynastra pallida

Name

Evelynastra pallida (S.Moore) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch, Taxon 74(1): 92 (2024).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Sericocoma pallida S.Moore, Journ. Bot. 15: 70 (1877)
    • Type: Somalia, Meid. In mont. "Ahlgebirge", 1200m. 04-1875, Hildebrandt #1521. Holotype: K K000243585, K000243584, both on one sheet).
• Homotypic
  • Sericocomopsis pallida (S.Moore) Schinz, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21(1-2): : 185 (1895).
  • Kyphocarpa pallida (S.Moore) C.B.Clarke, in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6: I. 54. (1909) (as "Cyphocarpa")
  • Sericocomopsis pallida (S.Moore) Schinz, Vierteljahrsschr. Nat. Ges. Zürich, 56: 239. (1911) - isonym
• Heterotypic
  • Sericocomopsis pallida var. grandis Suess., Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 1: 343 (1953)
    • Type: Kenya: Northern Province, Moyale, alt. 780–1200 m. 1952-07-22, Gillett, J.B., #13614. Holotype: M M0107374. Isotypes: BR BR0000008820921 (#13617), EA EA000002256, PRE PRE0824140-0.
  • Sericocomopsis pallida var. parvifolia Suess., Kew Bull. 4: 480 (1950)
    • Type: Somalia: Wanad, Protection Plot, Burao. 06-10-1944, Glover, P.E. & H. Gilliland #70. Holotype: K000243586; Isotype: EA000002257.

Distribution

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

References

Primary 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. 
• Schinz, H. 1895. Amarantaceae africanae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 21: 178–191. BHL Reference page. 
• Baker, J.G. & Moore, S. Le M. 1877. Descriptive notes on a few of Hildenbrandt's East African plants. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 15(3): 65–72. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Evelynastra pallida in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Nov. 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Evelynastra pallida. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 21 2025. Reference page.