Achyranthes bidentata

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Achyranthes bidentata

Taxonavigation edit

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: Achyranthes
Species: Achyranthes bidentata

Varietates: A. b. f. rubra – A. b. var. katsuudakemontana – A. b. var. villosa

Name edit

Achyranthes bidentata Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 11: 545. (1826)

  • Type: Mauritius. Blume? #s.n. NY00324422.
  • Isosyntype: In ins. Java inter montem Burangrang et Tankuwan-Prahu. Blume C.L. von #s.n. P00610532.

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Centrostachys bidentata (Blume) Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 75. (1915), in obs.
  • Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
    • Achyranthes aspera Wall., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6924 H. (1832) (later homonym of Achyranthes aspera L. 1753)
    • Achyranthes chinensis Osbeck, Dagb. Ostind. Resa 205 (1757)
    • Achyranthes fruticosa Lam., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 1(2): 545. (1785)
    • Achyranthes hispida Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 312. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
    • Achyranthes javanica Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 312. 1849, nom. illeg. (later homonym of Achyranthes javanica Pers. 1805)
    • Achyranthes lanceolata Zoll. & Moritzi ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 312. (1849), nom. inval. in syn. ( and later homonym of Achyranthes lanceolata J.G.Klein 1832)
    • Achyranthes mauritiana Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 313. (1849)
    • Achyranthes mollicula Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 34: 40. (1920)
    • Achyranthes ryukyuensis Tawada, J. Geobot. 19(1-2): 33. (1971)
    • Achyranthes wightiana Wall., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6928. (1832)
    • Centrostachys moquinii Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 76. (1915), in obs.

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Asia-Temperate
    • China
      • China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Tibet
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan
  • Asia-Tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya
    • Indo-China
      • Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera
    • Papuasia
      • New Guinea, Solomon Is.

Introduced elsewhere.


References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names edit

English: Ox Knee
suomi: Kiinantähkähäntä
日本語: イノコヅチ
한국어: 쇠무릎
Tiếng Việt: Ngưu tất
中文: 牛膝
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