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The genus Achyranthes is in the family Amaranthaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Achyranthes

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Achyranthes albida (Moq.) Standl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes amabilis Britton	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes ancistrophora C.C.Towns.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes aphylla (Glaz.) Standl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes arborescens R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes aspera L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	7
Achyranthes atra Pav. ex Moq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes bengalensis (L.) Lam.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes bidentata Blume	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes capitata Forssk.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes carnosa Wall.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes carpathicum Herb. cm. Leucojum vernum	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Achyranthes carsonii Baker	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes coynei Santapau	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes crispa Desf. ex Poir.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes cyclophylla (Seub.) Standl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes diandra Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes erinosma Herb.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Achyranthes fasciculata (Suess.) C.C.Towns.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes filifolia Willd. ex Schult.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes fischeri Schinz	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes flavicoma (Andersson) Standl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes frumentacea Burm.f.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes frutescens (L'Hér.) Standl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes galapagensis (Stewart) Standl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes glabra B.Heyne ex Hook.f.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes glomerata Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes hirtiflora A.Rich.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes incana Fisch. ex Schrank	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes incana Pav. ex Moq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes inermis Larrañaga	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes lanuginosa Schinz	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes lindenii Siebert & Voss	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes linkiana Schult.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes lupulina Willd. ex Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes mangarevica Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes marchionica F.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes margaretarum de Lange	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes martinicensis (Moq.) Standl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes mollis Thonn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes monsoniae (L.f.) Pers.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes moorcroftiana Hook.f.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes nasikensis M.R.Almeida & S.R.Dutta	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes nervosa Roth	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes nodifera (Moq.) Standl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes orbiculata B.Heyne ex Wall.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes pedicellata Lopr.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes picta Pass.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes polygonoides Lam.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes polygonoides R.Br.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes polystachya Forssk.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes pubescens Roth	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes pungens Lam.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes purpurea Pav. ex Moq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes repens Elliott	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes rivinifolia Desf.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes rugelii (Seub.) Standl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes sarmentosa Vahl	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes sarmentosa Link ex Seub.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes scandens B.Heyne ex Moq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes scandens Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes schinzii (Standl.) Cufod.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes setacea Roth	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes shahii M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes spinosa Desv.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes splendens Mart. ex Moq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	2
Achyranthes strictiuscula (Andersson) Standl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes talbotii Hutch. & Dalziel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes thonningii Schumach.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes tomentella Zipp. ex Span.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes totonaca Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes verticillata Thunb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes verticillata Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes vestita (Andersson) Standl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes viridis Lopr.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Achyranthes winteri Peter	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Achyranthes zaririi M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 148 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Achyranthes. Of these 12 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 46 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Achyranthes. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 148 species names for the genus Achyranthes recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	12	8.1%
◕	Synonym	66	44.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	70	47.3%

All names

The status of the 194 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Achyranthes recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	21	10.8%
◕	Synonym	103	53.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	70	36.1%

Of the species names,

• 5 are recorded as invalid
• 5 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 148 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Achyranthes, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	12	65	0	0	77	52.0%
	Low confidence	0	1	0	70	71	48.0%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Achyranthes is as follows: