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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Achyranthes

Hierarchical position of the Genus Achyranthes

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Caryophyllidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Caryophyllanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Caryophyllales Perleb pub. 1826       Familia  Amaranthaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 87. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Amaranths       Genus  Achyranthes L. common name: chaff flower

Named members of the Genus Achyranthes

1	Species  altissima Jacq. syn. Chamissoa altissima
2	Species  aspera L.
	3    Varietas  aspera common name: devil's horsewhip 4    Varietas  pubescens (Moq.) Townsend common name: devil's horsewhip
5	Species  atollensis St. John common name: Hawai'i chaff flower
6	Species  bettzichiana (Regel) Standl. syn. Alternanthera bettzichiana
7	Species  brasiliana (L.) Standl. syn. Alternanthera brasiliana
8	Species  ficoidea (L.) Lam.
	9    Subspecies  bettzichiana (Regel) Baker syn. Alternanthera bettzichiana
10	Species  indica (L.) P. Mill. syn. Achyranthes aspera var. aspera
11	Species  japonica (Miq.) Nakai
	12    Varietas  hachijoensis Honda common name: Japanese chaff flower
13	Species  leiantha (Seub.) Standl. syn. Alternanthera pungens
14	Species  maritima (Mart.) Standl. syn. Alternanthera maritima
15	Species  mutica Gray common name: blunt chaff flower
16	Species  nelsonii St. John syn. Achyranthes mutica
17	Species  paronichyoides auct. non (L.) Lam. syn. Alternanthera paronichyoides var. paronichyoides
18	Species  peploides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex J.A. Schultes) Britt. syn. Alternanthera caracasana
19	Species  philoxeroides (Mart.) Standl. syn. Alternanthera philoxeroides
20	Species  portoricensis (Kuntze) Standl. syn. Alternanthera crucis
21	Species  prostrata L. syn. Cyathula prostrata
22	Species  ramosissima auct. non (Mart.) Standl. syn. Alternanthera flavescens
23	Species  repens L. syn. Alternanthera pungens
24	Species  sessilis (L.) Desf. ex Steud. syn. Alternanthera sessilis
25	Species  splendens Mart. ex Moq.
	26    Varietas  reflecta Hbd. syn. Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata 27    Varietas  rotundata Hbd. common name: Maui chaff flower 28    Varietas  splendens common name: Maui chaff flower

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.