Achyropsis leptostachya

Achyropsis leptostachya

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: Achyropsis
Species: Achyropsis leptostachya

Name edit

Achyropsis leptostachya (E.Mey.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks., Index Kew. 1(1): 27. (1893)

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • 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.
  • Homotypic
    • Achyropsis leptostachya Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 3(1): 36. (1880), nom. inval.
    • Achyropsis leptostachya (E.Mey. ex Meisn.) Baker & C.B.Clarke, Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1.1): 66. (1909), isonym
  • Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
    • 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 edit

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 edit

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