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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 Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
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