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Achyranthes bidentata

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Identification
Achyranthes fauriei H.Lev. & Vaniot [family AMARANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Achyranthes bidentata Blume [family AMARANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by H.Hara, Achyranthes japonica (Miq.) Nakai [family AMARANTHACEAE ] Verified by G.Koidjumi,
Related name
  • Achyranthes japonica
  • Achyranthes bidentata
  • Cyathula capitata
  • Achyranthes hamata
  • Achyranthes amata
  • Achyranthes aspera
  • Achyranthes fauriei
  • Unknown
Common name
  • Japanese chaff-flower, Flora of North America Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for ACHYRANTHES bidentata Blume [family AMARANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 1, page 14, (1913) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by C. H. Wright.)
Names
ACHYRANTHES bidentata Blume [family AMARANTHACEAE], Bijdr. 545. —Moquin in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 312; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 730; Schinz in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. 1A, 112; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 894.
Information
Leaves large; blade attaining 9 by 3 1/2 in., drying a black green. Perianth shining, dried a black green, spreading in young fruit; otherwise as A. aspera, Linn.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Golungo Alto; in the forest on Queta Mountains, above Ndelle, Welwitsch, 6544!Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Mount Chiradzulu, 4000 ft., Whyte!Cameroons Upper Guinea Johan-Albrechtshöhe, Staudt, 546!Fernando Po Upper Guinea Mann!
Notes
The authors who admit this as a species diagnose it by the bifid small base to the bracteoles, whence the spine springs. I cannot sort the present plant by that character.

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