Achyropsis leptostachya

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

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

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)

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, 2^nd Edition

Baker, J.G. & Clarke, C.B. 1909. Amarantaceae. pp. 14–75. In: Thiselton-Dyer, W.T. (ed.): Flora of Tropical Africa 6(1). London. BHL Reference page.
Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. 1880. Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus servata definita. Vol. 3, pars 1, sistens Dicotyledonum Monochlamydearum ordines XXXVI (Nyctagnieas – Ceratophylleas) et Gymnospermearum ordines III (Gnetaceas – Cycadaceas). A. Black, 459 pp. Londini [London]. BHL Reference page.
Jackson, B.D. 1893. Index Kewensis plantarum phanerogamarum. Nomina et synonyma omnium generum et specierum a Linnaeo usque ad annum MDCCCLXXXV complectens nomine recepto auctore patria unicuique plantae subjectis sumptibus beati Caroli Roberti Darwin ductu et consilio Josephi D. Hooker confecit B. Daydon Jackson. Tomus I, Fasc. I. Pp. 1–632. E Prelo Clarendoniano, Oxonii [Oxford]. BHL Reference page.
Meisner, C.F. 1843. Contributions towards a Flora of South Africa. (Continued from [v. 1] p. 476.) The London Journal of Botany 2: 53–105 BHL, 527–559 BHL Reference page.
Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Amarantaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 231–424. Masson, Paris. BHL. Reference page.
Standley, P.C. 1915. The application of the generic name Achyranthes. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 5: 72–76. BHL Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Achyropsis leptostachya in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 12. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Achyropsis leptostachya. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Achyropsis leptostachya. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 12 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Achyropsis leptostachya. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Sept. 2019.

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