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Achyranthes aspera var. pubescens

(Moq.) C.C.Towns. (1974)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-CoreEudicot Order: Caryophyllales Family: Amaranthaceae Genus: Achyranthes

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Perennial or annual.

Stems: Stems 0.4–2 m, pilose or puberulent.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades elliptic, ovate, or broadly ovate, 4–20 × 2–5 cm. Apex acuminate. Base rounded. Surfaces adpressed-pubescent abaxially and adaxially. Margins entire. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Inflorescences to 30 cm; bracts membranous; bracteoles long-aristate, spinose; wings attached at sides and base. Flowers bisexual, often becoming deflexed with age. Tepals 4 or 5, length 6–7 mm. Pseudostaminodes with margins fimbriate at apex, often with dorsal scale.

Fruit: Utricles ± cylindric; 3–4 mm; apex truncate or depressed.

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Indigenous or Naturalized

Island Status

Lana'i Indigenous or Naturalized

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Kew Bulletin 29(3): 473. (1974)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:181/Remy 209 BISH (L†, 1855); Gardner 2020:57 (status change to ind/nat?, this species recorded very early in the South Pacific and may have occurred naturally)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Achyranthes aspera var. pubescens Lanai Preserved_Specimen Rémy, J. 209 Lanai BISH 1851-01-01
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