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Achyranthes L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 204 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000000251.

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Achyranthes:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes abyssinica Nees Index Seminum (WROCL, Wratislaviensi) 1850: 3 (1850) wfo-0000516154
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes acuminata E.Mey. ex Sond. – — wfo-0001304519
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes albida Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915) wfo-0000516157
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes amabilis Britton Fl. Bermuda : 121 (1918) wfo-0000516164
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes ancistrophora C.C.Towns. Kew Bull. 30: 223 (1975) wfo-0000516166
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes aphylla Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915) wfo-0000516170
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes aquatica Roxb. – — wfo-0001304520
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes argentea var. annua (Dinter) Suess. – — wfo-0001304521
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes argentea var. villosior Hensl. – — wfo-0001304522
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes aspera f. cuprea Schinz – — wfo-0001304523
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes aspera f. excelsa Cavaco – — wfo-0001304524
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes aspera f. nigrescens Suess. – — wfo-0001304525
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes aspera f. robustoides Suess. – — wfo-0001304526
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes aspera subf. angustifolia Suess. – — wfo-0001304527
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes aspera subf. purpurata Suess. – — wfo-0001304528
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes aspera var. argentea (Lam.) C.B.Clarke – — wfo-0001304529
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes aspera var. late-ovata Boerl. – — wfo-0001304530
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes aspera var. pinguispicata C.B.Clarke – — wfo-0001304531
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes aspera var. villosior (Hensl.) D.M.Porter – — wfo-0001304532
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes aspera var. villososericea Suess. – — wfo-0001304533
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes atra Pav. ex Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 372 (1849) wfo-0000516208
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes bengalensis (L.) Lam. Encycl. 1: 549 (1785) wfo-0000516217
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes biemuelleri Haage & Schmidt Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 872, in syn. 1895 wfo-0000516226
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes calceolata Russ. ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6927. 1832 wfo-0000516232
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes capitata Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 48 (1775) wfo-0000516236
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes carnosa Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6931. 1832 wfo-0000516239
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes carsonii Baker Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1897: 280 (1897) wfo-0000516240
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes coynei Santapau Kew Bull. 3: 488 (1948 publ. 1949) wfo-0000516251
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes crispa Desf. ex Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 2: 10 (1811) wfo-0000516253
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes cyclophylla (Seub.) Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915) wfo-0000516254
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes dichotoma L. Mant. Pl. : 51 (1767) wfo-0000516260
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes divaricata (Lorence) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch Taxon 74(1): 83 (2024) wfo-0001304658
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes erinosma Herb. – — wfo-0001046243
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes ferruginea Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 502 (1824); Fl. Ind., ed. Carey, i. 675 (1832). wfo-0000516275
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes filifolia Willd. ex Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 5: 549 (1819) wfo-0000516277
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes fischeri Schinz Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2 , 16c: 63 (1934) wfo-0000516279
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes fischeri Schinz ex R.E.Fr. – — wfo-0001304534
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes flabellifera Fenzl. ex Boerl. Ned. Kruidk. Arch. , ser. 2, 5: 421 (1891) wfo-0000516280
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes flavicoma (Andersson) Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915) wfo-0000516281
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes frumentacea Burm.f. Fl. Indica , Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 7 (1768) wfo-0000516282
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes frutescens (L'Hér.) Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915) wfo-0000516283
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes fruticulosa (C.B.Clarke) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch Taxon 74(1): 83 (2024) wfo-0001304659
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes galapagensis (A.Stewart) Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915) wfo-0000516287
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes geniculata Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915) wfo-0000516290
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes glabra B.Heyne ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 4: 725 (1885) wfo-0000516293
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes glauca B.Heyne ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6927. 1832 wfo-0000516294
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes glaucescens (Hook.f.) Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915) wfo-0000516295
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes glomerata Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic. , ed. 2: 68 (1894) wfo-0000516298
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes graminiformis Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch Taxon 74(1): 84 (2024) wfo-0001304660
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes heudelotii Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 310 (1849) wfo-0000516306
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes hirtiflora A.Rich. Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 175 (1850) wfo-0000516307
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes hispida Pennant – — wfo-0001304535
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes hookeri Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915) wfo-0000516309
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes humilis (Hillebr.) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch Taxon 74(1): 84 (2024) wfo-0001304661
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes iaponica (Miq.) Nakai – — wfo-0001304536
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes incana Fisch. ex Schrank Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 2: 36 (1822) wfo-0000516313
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes incana Pav. ex Moq. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 365. 1849 [5 May 1849] wfo-0000516314
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes inermis Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 97 (1923) wfo-0000516316
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes laniceps (C.B.Clarke) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch Taxon 74(1): 84 (2024) wfo-0001304634
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes lanuginosa Nutt. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. , n.s., 5: 166 (1835) wfo-0000516335
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes lanuginosa Schinz Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C. (1895) 174; et in Bot. Jahrb. xxl. (1895) 186. wfo-0000516336
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes lanuginosa Schinz – — wfo-0001304537
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes lindaviana (Peter) Schinz ex Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(2): 230, in syn. 1938 wfo-0000516341
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes lindenii hort. Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 872, in syn. 1895 wfo-0000516342
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes linkiana Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 5: 545 (1819) wfo-0000516345
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes lupulina Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 15. 1840 wfo-0000516349
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes martinicensis (Moq.) Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 73 (1915) wfo-0000516357
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes mauritiana Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 313 (1849) wfo-0000516358
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes minutiflora (Seub.) Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915) wfo-0000516363
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes mollis Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. : 137 (1827) wfo-0000516365
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes monsoniae Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 258 (1805) wfo-0000516368
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes montana J.G.Klein ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6926. 1832 wfo-0000516369
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes moorcroftiana Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 8 (1886) wfo-0000516370
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes morongii (Uline) Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915) wfo-0000516371
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes nasikensis M.R.Almeida & S.R.Dutta Fl. Maharashtra 4A: 194 (2003) wfo-0000745908
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes nervosa Roth Nov. Pl. Sp. : 170 (1821) wfo-0000516379
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes nodifera Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915) wfo-0000516382
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes nodosa Vahl ex Schumach. Schum. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. 139. wfo-0000516384
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes nuda B.Heyne ex Wall. Fl. Ind. (Carey & Wallich ed.) 2: 507. 1824 wfo-0000516387
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes nudicaulis Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915) wfo-0000516389
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes oblanceolata Schinz Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 187 (1895) wfo-0000516390
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes orbiculata B.Heyne Fl. Ind. (Carey & Wallich ed.) 2: 507. 1824 wfo-0000516400
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes ovata Ehrenb. ex Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. : 135 (1867) wfo-0000516401
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes paniculata Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 48 (1775) wfo-0000516404
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes pedicellata Lopr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27(1-2): 56. 1899 [7 Apr 1899] wfo-0000516409
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes picta Pass. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 22: 31 1864 — wfo-0000516414
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes pilosa (Moq.) Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915) wfo-0000516416
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes polygonata B.Heyne ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6914. 1832 wfo-0000516419
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes polygonoides Lam. Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 1(2): 547. 1785 [1 Aug 1785] wfo-0000516423
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes polygonoides R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 417. 1810 [27 Mar 1810] : errat. wfo-0000516424
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes polystachya Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 48 (1775) wfo-0000516425
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes porphyristachya Wall. ex Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 316 (1849) wfo-0000516426
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes pubescens Roth Nov. Pl. Sp. : 171 (1821) wfo-0000516432
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes pungens Lam. Encycl. 1: 546 (1785) wfo-0000516434
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes purpurea Pav. ex Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 377 (1849) wfo-0000516435
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes pycnanthe (Benth.) Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915) wfo-0000516436
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes repens Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina [Elliott] 1: 309. 1817 [Oct 1817] wfo-0000516443
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes rivinifolia Desf. Tabl. École Bot. , ed. 3: 390 (1829) wfo-0000516447
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes rosea Spreng. Syst. Veg. 4(2): 103 (1827) wfo-0000516449
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes rotundifolia J.G.Klein ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6936. 1832 wfo-0000516451
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes rugelii Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 74 (1915) wfo-0000516457
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes sandwicensis (A.Gray) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch Taxon 74(1): 84 (2024) wfo-0001304635
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes sarmentosa Link ex Seub. Fl. Bras. (Martius) 5(1): 241. 1875 [1 Mar 1875] wfo-0000516462
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes sarmentosa Vahl Symb. Bot. 2: 44 (1791) wfo-0000516461
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes scandens Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15: 139. 1876 [1877 publ. 1876] wfo-0000516466
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes scandens Thonn. ex Moq. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 331. 1849 [5 May 1849] wfo-0000516464
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes schinzii (Standl.) Cufod. Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 23: 73 (1953) wfo-0000516467
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes sect. Achyropsis Moq. – — wfo-0001304538
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes sect. Pandiaka Moq. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 310. 1849 wfo-1000040925
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes sericea J.Koenig Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 , 3: 675 (1832) wfo-0000516470
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes serpyllifolia Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 2: 11 (1811) wfo-0000516471
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes setacea Roth Nov. Pl. Sp. : 168 (1821) wfo-0000516473
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes seychellensis Sukhor. PhytoKeys 250: 49 (2024) wfo-1000077364
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes sicula Roth – — wfo-0001304539
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes spicifolia (L.) Burm.f. – — wfo-0001304540
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes spinosa Desv. Hort. Divion. (1834-1836) wfo-0000516480
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes splendens Mart. ex Moq. – — wfo-0001304541
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes strictiuscula Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 75 (1915) wfo-0000516488
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes talbotii Hutch. & Dalziel – — wfo-0001304542
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes talbotii var. ogojensis Suess. – — wfo-0001304543
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes tenella Poit. ex Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 341 (1849) wfo-0000516491
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes thonningii Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. 139. 1827 wfo-0000516495
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes thyrsiflora B.Heyne ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6914. 1832 wfo-0000516496
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes tomentella Zipp. ex Span. Linnaea 15: 345 (1841) wfo-0000516497
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes totonaca Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic. , ed. 2: 67 (1894) wfo-0000516499
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes velutina f. viridescens Suess. – — wfo-0001304544
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes verticillata Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic. , ed. 2: 67 (1894) wfo-0000516511
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes verticillata Thunb. Phytogr. Blätt. 1: 26 (1803) wfo-0000516510
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes vestita Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 75 (1915) wfo-0000516512
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes violacea (Mart.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. 4(2): 102 (1827) wfo-0000516515
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes viridis Lopr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27(1-2): 55. 1899 [7 Apr 1899] wfo-0000516519
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes viriditepala Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch Taxon 74(1): 86 (2024) wfo-0001304636
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes watsonii Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 73 (1915) wfo-0000516520
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes welwitschii Schinz – — wfo-0001304545
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes winteri Schinz ex Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(2): 240, nomen subnudum. 1938 wfo-0001046269
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Achyranthes zaririi M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 4A: 196 (2003) wfo-0000745906