Achyranthes aspera var. porphyrostachya (Wall. ex Moq.) Hook.f.

First published in Fl. Brit. India 4: 730 (1885)
This name is a synonym of Achyranthes porphyrostachya

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • (2024). https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.250.136139. epublication. [Cited as Achyranthes porphyrostachya.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Babu, N.M.G., Ravikumar, K. & Rao, N.R. (2014). Additions to the flora of Karnataka from Chitradurga district. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 38: 634-649. [Cited as Achyranthes aspera var. porphyristachya.]
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [Cited as Achyranthes aspera var. porphyristachya.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Achyranthes aspera var. porphyrostachya.]
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board. [Cited as Achyranthes aspera var. porphyristachya.]
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2021). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 3: 1-331. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal. [Cited as Achyranthes aspera var. porphyristachya.]
  • Rasingam, L. & Diwakar, P.G. (2021). Flora of Little Andaman island, India: 1-372. Botanica survey of India, ministry of environment, forest and climate change. [Cited as Achyranthes aspera var. porphyristachya.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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