Achyranthes humilis

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

Achyranthes humilis (Hillebr.) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch, Taxon 74(1): 84 (2024).

Basionym
- Nototrichium humile Hillebr., Fl. Hawaiian Isl. [Hillebrand] 373 (1888)
  - Holotype: Hawaii – O‘ahu: Waianae [Cape Ka‘ena, near the coast], 1851–1871, W. Hillebrand s.n. B barcode B 10 0699421; Isotype: K K000814963; BISH BISH1005540, MEL MEL587934.
Homotypic
- Psilotrichum humile (Hillebr.) Drake, Ill. Fl. Ins. Pacif.: 270 (1892)
Heterotypic
- Nototrichium humile var. parvifolium O.Deg. & Sherff, in Sherff, Bot. Leafl. 1: 4. (1950).
  - Holotype: U.S.A. Hawaii – O‘ahu: W branch of Wai‘anae Valley, not far from Kolekole Pass, dry cliff, O. Degener 8665. F F0047629F; Isotypes: CAS CAS0007265, MASS 00312959, NY 00324549, US 00102706, F0093262F.
- Nototrichium humile var. subrhomboideum Sherff, Bot. Leafl. 1: 4. (1950)
  - Holotype: U.S.A. Hawaii – O‘ahu: Wai‘anae Mts., Mt. Ka‘ala Trail from Schofield Barracks, dry slope. 1300 ft, 14 Aug 1927, L. MacDaniels 933. BISH No. 49833 BISH1005541; Isotype BISH1005542.

Native distribution areas:
Pacific North-Central Pacific Hawaii (Oahu (Wa), East Maui (Luala`ilua Hills)) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Hillebrand, W. (†). 1888. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands: a description of their phanerogams and vascular cryptogams. London: Williams & Norgate; New York: B. Westermann & Co.; Heidelberg: Carl Winter. BHL Reference page.
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.
Drake del Castillo, E. 1886 [–1892]. Illustrationes Florae Insularum Maris Pacifici. Parisiis: G. Masson. BHL Reference page.
Sherff, E.E. 1950. Botanical Leaflets, a Series of Studies in the Systematic Botany of Miscellaneous Dicotyledonous Plants. Chicago. Vol. 1. Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Achyranthes humilis 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. Achyranthes humilis. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 21 2025. Reference page.