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Achyranthes prostrata

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Name

Identification
Achyranthes prostrata L. [family AMARANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Cyathula prostrata
  • Achyranthes prostrata

Flora

Entry for Cyathula prostrata (Linn.) Blume [family AMARANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 1,
Names
Cyathula prostrata (Linn.) Blume [family AMARANTHACEAE], —F.T.A. 6, 1: 43; Chev. Bot. 529.
Achyranthes prostrata Linn. [family AMARANTHACEAE], (1762)
Pupalia atropurpurea [family AMARANTHACEAE], of ChevBot529, not of Moq. (fide Hutch. & Dalz.)
Information
More or less erect, much-branched weed, 1–3 ft. high; leaves green, sometimes tinged with red; flowers green, often galled; in waste places and forest margins.
Habitat
; in waste places and forest margins.
Range
Widespread in tropical Africa and Asia
Distribution
Gam. Genieri (Feb.) Fox 90!Fr. Sud. Timbuktu (July) Chev. 1300!Fr. G. fide Chev. l.c.S. L. Sherbro Sc. Elliot 5844! Njala (Sept.) Deighton 2108! Musaia (Apr.) Deighton 5458!Lib. Kakatown Whyte!Iv. C. fide Chev. l.c.G. C. Kumasi Cummins 123! Oda, C. P. (Aug.)Togo Lome Warnecke 180!N. Nig. Lokoja (Oct.) Dalz. 202! Bauchi Plateau (Sept.) Lely P. 745! Abinsi Dalz. 789!S. Nig. Lagos (May) Dalz. 1251! Sapoba Kennedy 2708! Enugu (Feb.) Jones FHI 656! Oban Talbot!Br. Cam. Likomba (Dec.) Mildbr. 10789!F. Po (Oct.–Nov.) T. Vogel 33! Mann 39!
Distribution (external)
Australia
central
America

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