Achyranthes sicula

Achyranthes sicula

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 sicula

Name edit

Achyranthes sicula (L.) All., Auct. Syn. Meth. Stirp. Hort. Regii Taur. 41. (1773)

  • also in Mélanges Philos. Mat. Soc. Roy. Turin 5: 93. (1774)

Accepted by Hassler 2019. Considered as synonym of Achyranthes aspera var. sicula by Govaerts 2019.

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Achyranthes aspera var. sicula L., Sp. Pl. 1: 204. (1753)
  • Homotypic
    • Cadelaria sicula (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 39 (1837)
  • Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
    • Achyranthes argentea Lam., Encycl. 1: 545. (1785)
    • Cadelaria argentea (Lam.) Raf., Autik. Bot.: 154. (1840)
    • Achyranthes aspera var. argentea (Lam.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 4: 994. (1879)
    • Achyranthes aspera var. villosior (Henslow) D.M.Porter, Kew Bull., 37(2): 334. (1982)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Europe
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Spain (I), Gibraltar (I), Sardegna
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Sicily, Italy
  • Africa
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria,, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia
    • Macaronesia
      • Canary Islands (Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, Hierro, La Palma), Madeira (Madeira Isl.), Islas Selvagens.
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin (I), Guinea
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Sudan.
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola (I)
    • Southern Africa
      • South Africa (I) (widespread), Lesotho (I), Namibia (I), Swaziland (I)
  • Asia-Temperate
    • Western Asia
      • Lebanon-Syria, Palestine.
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman.

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

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