Centrostachys aquatica

Centrostachys aquatica

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: Centrostachys
Species: Centrostachys aquatica

Name edit

Centrostachys aquatica (R.Br.) Wall. in W.Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. (Carey & Wallich ed.) 2: 497. (1824)

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Achyranthes aquatica R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 417. (1810).
      • Type locality: Thailand: Siam: Bankok, Juthea [= Ayutthaya].
      • Holotype: Johann Gerhard König #s.n. BM BM001125903.
  • Homotypic
    • Centrostachys aquatica Wall., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6932. (1832), nom. inval. (nom. nud.)
    • Centrostachys aquatica (R.Br.) Moq., Prodr. 13(2): 321. (1849), isonym
  • Heterotypic
    • Achyranthes natans Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6932. (1832), nom. inval. in syn.
    • Achyranthes trichotoma Perr. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 322. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
    • Celosia spinescens J.Koenig ex Wall., Numer. List [Wallich] sub n. 6932. (1832), nom. inval. in syn.
    • Centrostachys flabelligera Fenzl ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 321. (1849)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin, Burkina, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal
    • West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Rwanda, Zaïre
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad, Ethiopia, Sudan
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar
  • Asia-Temperate
    • China
      • China Southeast
  • Asia-Tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
    • Indo-China
      • Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Jawa

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

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