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(Figs
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,
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). Annual or short-lived perennial herb up to 1.5 (2.0) m tall occasionally creeping and rooting at lower nodes; stem sparsely pubescent, obscurely quadrangular turning angular in the inflorescence; leaf petioles 1040 (60) mm, blades 30260 ×
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, cuneate, ovate or rhombic or even obovate, entire, tip short or long acuminate, deep green or olivascent and almost glabrous above, pale green or purplish and slightly to moderately pubescent below, usually turning blackish when dry; inflorescence
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long, dense, paracladies always present, in early stages thin and delicate similar to inflorescences of some willows (e. g.
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<emphasis id="86A2636ED8D2A42190548C65A18C80D4" italics="true">Salix triandra</emphasis>
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); bract 3.04.0 mm long; bracteoles (3.0) 4.05.0 mm long, reflexed; perianth segments slightly unequal, (4.55.0) 6.07.0 (8.0) mm long (two segments longer than three others), green outside and purple-red inside at least at the tip, turning dark brown when dry, three inner segments keeled; pseudostaminodes brownish (when dry),
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, not or slightly fimbriate; stamens 5, filaments purple, anthers
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long, magenta; style (1.3)
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long, pink or mauve; fruit (without style)
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long.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F18F171CFC194288D04E7C7A2CC9F54E">
<label id="C38430F6A92F5DF0F927715CAB787531">Figure 5.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="53B7E8E5C2BE5B9CA5EDABE54D51D905">
<taxonomicName id="994BE86CECB8BF8673A29CF66B09501B" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Achyranthes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="acuminata">
<emphasis id="FF5C747379615D2F8F07166F468B99E8" italics="true">Achyranthes acuminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="11952452BE9EF3045A58F05EE9F86E17" bold="true">A</emphasis>
general view of the plants (Meru area, Arusha Region, Tanzania. Photographer: A. Sukhorukov)
<emphasis id="CD22E5D0B8218800F9068DE702E595CD" bold="true">B</emphasis>
close-up of the leaves and inflorescences (KwaZulu-Natal Province, near Durban, South Africa. Photographer: Errol Douwes).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="30D0744B693218950E2EDE9383E06547">
<label id="C8AD5E368B294729979A22B2563874BC">Figure 6.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="740C918C44F936C24BB0FBC03A66A8F8">
A herbarium specimen of
<taxonomicName id="3F511F84A2F2F683BABF9FA1401FF2CE" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Achyranthes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="acuminata">
<emphasis id="B8F2C9F16893D60070A7D957580458B7" italics="true">Achyranthes acuminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Tanzania, Tanga Region, Gendagenda Forest, 200 m a. s. l., 31 Jul 1991,
<emphasis id="BC9705A7D03F5714464B9A228E421E85" italics="true">Frontier Tanzania team</emphasis>
2377, K).
</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EY1BI" type="Taxonomic note">
<paragraph id="5834EFCC45DD8D13FB8EED83BF14D8F3">
<heading id="105206DF020338433A1339D2A777EA7C" reason="title">Taxonomic note.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6206A20A7B689D2F8643156C9AE90D74">
For a long time, specimens of
<taxonomicName id="D8B341F281314AA4A3ED93EDF05EC5BC" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Achyranthes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="acuminata">
<emphasis id="7A2109D28A93504778422FDF3C8C120E" italics="true">A. acuminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were identified as
<taxonomicName id="68738A283C1DBDEED08013357086C27B" baseAuthorityName="Ghazanfar" baseAuthorityYear="1992" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Achyranthes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="aspera">
<emphasis id="B7E443818BB5DC89262CA030A5CB1F70" italics="true">A. aspera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or its varieties, e. g.
<taxonomicName id="E8D92FC5251C73E50861DAF4851BA90C" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Achyranthes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="variety" species="aspera" variety="rubrofusca">
<emphasis id="23581587E74E9F21DC12F6DD89BF53E9" italics="true">A. aspera var. rubrofusca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the
<collectingCountry id="E51DEC4C81D969FFB339064B8668262D" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">DR Congo</collectingCountry>
, or as
<taxonomicName id="A69CDAA8E52BC0AA165BB661FA7D2408" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Achyranthes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="variety" species="aspera" variety="nigrescens">
<emphasis id="82A6B8E045521F2826346E683CBE8F42" italics="true">A. aspera var. nigrescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Suessenguth in
<bibRefCitation id="906E2D5E1BFFAA1CFCEA831D0401FE65" author="Suessenguth and Merxmuller" firstAuthor="Suessenguth" journalOrPublisher="Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München" pagination="69-94" refId="B111" refString="Suessenguth K, Merxmüller H (1951) Species et varietates novae vel rarae in Africa australi et centrali lectae. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 1: 6994." title="Species et varietates novae vel rarae in Africa australi et centrali lectae." volume="1" year="1951">Suessenguth and Merxmüller 1951</bibRefCitation>
), and, in some cases in tropical Africa, as
<taxonomicName id="D99AD30A3C6919A38275B79A7FB1153F" baseAuthorityName="Keay" baseAuthorityYear="1954" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Achyranthes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="bidentata">
<emphasis id="061EAA551CD19C6C39791D47EB2158E4" italics="true">A. bidentata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(e. g.,
<bibRefCitation id="543CB2E9BF41A6BA4B7A12541EEC136C" author="Baker and Clarke" editor="Thiselton-Dyer WT" firstAuthor="Baker" journalOrPublisher="6, sect. 1. Reeve &amp; Co, Ashford" pagination="14-75" refId="B6" refString="Baker JG, Clarke CB (1909) Amaranthaceae. In: Thiselton-Dyer WT (Ed.) Flora of Tropical Africa, vol. 6, sect. 1. Reeve &amp; Co, Ashford, 1475." title="Amaranthaceae." volumeTitle="Flora of Tropical Africa, vol." year="1909">Baker and Clarke 1909</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="CE41289095CB2B825DA0EB0E14976130" author="Hutchinson and Dalziel" firstAuthor="Hutchinson" journalOrPublisher="Crown Agents, London" refId="B52" refString="Hutchinson JL, Dalziel J (1927) Flora of West Tropical Africa, vol. 1. Crown Agents, London, 532 pp." title="Flora of West Tropical Africa, vol. 1." year="1927">Hutchinson and Dalziel 1927</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="1B57DC893CE19E4731C794D36639FC4B" DOI="10.2307/4117075" author="Townsend" firstAuthor="Townsend" issue="1" journalOrPublisher="Kew Bulletin" pagination="141-146" refId="B116" refString="Townsend CC (1973) Notes on Amaranthaceae: I. Kew Bulletin 28 (1): 141146. https://doi.org/10.2307/4117075" title="Notes on Amaranthaceae: I." volume="28" year="1973">Townsend 1973</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="2EB6644E333AF3B54FDA01895BD193BB" author="Lebrun and Stork" firstAuthor="Lebrun" journalOrPublisher="Conservatoire &amp; Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève, Genève" refId="B66" refString="Lebrun JP, Stork AL (1991) Ėnumération des plantes à fleurs dAfrique Tropicale, vol. 1. Conservatoire &amp; Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève, Genève, 249 pp." title="Ėnumération des plantes à fleurs dAfrique Tropicale, vol. 1." year="1991">Lebrun and Stork 1991</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="BC438918D6FF13281CDC21C9F65B3E3C" author="Klopper" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Klopper" refId="B61" refString="Klopper RR, Chatelain C, Bänninger V, Habashi C, Steyn HM, de Wet BC, Arnold TH, Gautier L, Smith GF, Spichiger R (2006) Checklist of the flowering plants of Sub-Saharan Africa. An index of accepted names and synonyms. SABONET, Pretoria." year="2006">Klopper et al. 2006</bibRefCitation>
). Nonetheless,
<bibRefCitation id="A64A98F2C91454CB30E5786BBA55CC3C" author="Townsend CC" editor="Polhill RM" firstAuthor="Townsend" journalOrPublisher="Balkema, Rotterdam - Boston" pagination="1-136" refId="B120" refString="Townsend CC (1985) Amaranthaceae. In: Polhill RM (Ed.) Flora of Tropical East Africa. Balkema, Rotterdam Boston, 1136." title="Amaranthaceae." volumeTitle="Flora of Tropical East Africa." year="1985">Townsend (1985)</bibRefCitation>
claimed that the Asian
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<emphasis id="B1D4F61CF9249B2B0A560438508BCA6A" italics="true">A. bidentata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
did not occur in East Tropical Africa and referred specimens of
<taxonomicName id="A8E252F45D651B5BFA3AECF45A6930D5" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Achyranthes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="acuminata">
<emphasis id="3B94D51BCF2772AA1113C96DEB785915" italics="true">A. acuminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to
<taxonomicName id="5292E1740C6696BC9E17E9C87F812BD7" authority="(Moq.) C. C. Towns. Lebrun and Stork (2003)" authorityName="C. C. Towns. Lebrun and Stork" authorityYear="2003" baseAuthorityName="Moq." class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Achyranthes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="variety" species="aspera" variety="pubescens">
<emphasis id="D99DACF488F24ED9F14291D5CA0AE0B6" italics="true">A. aspera var. pubescens</emphasis>
(Moq.) C. C. Towns.
<bibRefCitation id="B67E805C7C5CA03FD0A60EC61E31A4B3" author="Lebrun JP &amp; Stork AL" firstAuthor="Lebrun" refId="B67" refString="Lebrun JP, Stork AL (2003) Tropical African flowering plants. Ecology and distribution, vol. 1. Conservatoire &amp; Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève, Genève." year="2003">Lebrun and Stork (2003)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
vaguely discussed some morphological differences between
<taxonomicName id="3D1B0507785E96EF6FCC937E8C6AAD4D" baseAuthorityName="Ghazanfar" baseAuthorityYear="1992" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Achyranthes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="aspera">
<emphasis id="C37674673F2BB2ECAB8F42493F854082" italics="true">A. aspera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="58E922FC94DF7922F171B610C072571D" sensu="lato">s. l.</taxonomicNameLabel>
and
<taxonomicName id="5AA37A7650AB19012F21F3003CA32F1E" baseAuthorityName="Keay" baseAuthorityYear="1954" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Achyranthes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="bidentata">
<emphasis id="3913EB640895E16DF7AC1C191AEF9F16" italics="true">A. bidentata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Asia and Africa, concluding that there are differences between both species as well as differences between Asian and African populations of
<taxonomicName id="CCA07996993739492B90B4A3B6945C0D" baseAuthorityName="Keay" baseAuthorityYear="1954" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Achyranthes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="bidentata">
<emphasis id="730EC3CB382102DC4839C6B1B67CB9C0" italics="true">A. bidentata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="663773115C1B015C7872779506048CEA">
<taxonomicName id="38AD7AA1EBCC9CCD602980E01F6C2672" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Achyranthes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="acuminata">
<emphasis id="CDEF08D06A2DDB1245CD0875BF5A7882" italics="true">Achyranthes acuminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from the Asian
<taxonomicName id="C470625E5FAFF83D68DCA7EE29B301B7" baseAuthorityName="Keay" baseAuthorityYear="1954" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Achyranthes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="bidentata">
<emphasis id="1DB397F048AFEFFE72857B184CDDD592" italics="true">A. bidentata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="1809A3E1780BDBAD51830C959D2756CA" authority="(Miq.) Nakai" authorityName="Nakai" baseAuthorityName="Miq." class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Achyranthes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="japonica">
<emphasis id="3C345DAB4350D95178CEB06E8CF7983B" italics="true">A. japonica</emphasis>
(Miq.) Nakai
</taxonomicName>
by its obovate leaves turning blackish when dry (facultative character) and longer (
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) styles. The two Asian species are rhizomatous perennial plants with ovate leaves, which do not turn black when dry, and have shorter styles (1.0
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long). To date, the presence of any species of the Asian
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<emphasis id="668BC4DC65278834DEA7EE88A11448FF" italics="true">A. bidentata</emphasis>
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group is not confirmed in Africa, and the native distribution of this group of species is restricted to tropical and warm temperate Asia (South and East
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,
<collectingCountry id="4E2DA6971A524630F36F29BE78DD2C1D" name="Japan">Japan</collectingCountry>
, South-East Asia, and countries located in the Himalayas).
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<emphasis id="49FDD08538CC745964A28D2B3CFAF7D0" italics="true">Achyranthes japonica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is reported as an alien and naturalized plant in temperate North America (
<bibRefCitation id="610BB248DFDAD43010805B875FE0B465" author="Medley" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Medley" journalOrPublisher="Sida" pagination="92-95" refId="B80" refString="Medley ME, Bryan H, MacGregor J, Thieret JW (1985) Achyranthes japonica (Miq.) Nakai (Amaranthaceae) in Kentucky and West Virginia: New to North America. Sida 11: 9295." title="Achyranthes japonica (Miq.) Nakai (Amaranthaceae) in Kentucky and West Virginia: New to North America." volume="11" year="1985">Medley et al. 1985</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FA341FD76240911BF1B90FB9D02BD886">
<taxonomicName id="B569A5131DCC9A2579CA9A334F5A2059" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Achyranthes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="variety" species="aspera" variety="rubrofusca">
<emphasis id="040AFA8D92F20E957B2B5CE77E558762" italics="true">Achyranthes aspera var. rubrofusca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was erroneously reported from Africa (Suessenguth in
<bibRefCitation id="C03FC880E1FA987679EB207FC6440356" author="Suessenguth and Merxmuller" firstAuthor="Suessenguth" journalOrPublisher="Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München" pagination="69-94" refId="B111" refString="Suessenguth K, Merxmüller H (1951) Species et varietates novae vel rarae in Africa australi et centrali lectae. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 1: 6994." title="Species et varietates novae vel rarae in Africa australi et centrali lectae." volume="1" year="1951">Suessenguth and Merxmüller 1951</bibRefCitation>
). Its basionym
<taxonomicName id="D9E7FE780391CEB848A51ABAAF59DE12" authority="(Wight 1852)" baseAuthorityName="Wight" baseAuthorityYear="1852" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Achyranthes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="rubrofusca">
<emphasis id="C2E6D17F9590F98509FACEE38174EF7F" italics="true">A. rubrofusca</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="8EE91A5F234F9E825457866AC827919F" DOI="10.5962/bhl.title.105347" author="Wight" firstAuthor="Wight" journalOrPublisher="Pharoah, Madras" refId="B132" refString="Wight R (1852) Icones plantarum Indiae Orientalis: or figures of Indian plants, vol. 5. J. B. Pharoah, Madras, 35 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.105347" title="Icones plantarum Indiae Orientalis: or figures of Indian plants, vol. 5. J. B." year="1852">Wight 1852</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
was described from
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and belongs to the
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<emphasis id="8FA78BF5D85DB758943ECF763D323978" italics="true">A. bidentata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EXDCI" type="Nomenclatural notes">
<paragraph id="3458D1FA81825017053459CC42F72464">
<heading id="7AA1FDBF04F2098030BEF94973329698" reason="title">Nomenclatural notes.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="62818204483FC9B2559160873D152B4B">
The name
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<emphasis id="51D535E57B7D280CF30BDA52B8C4CC87" italics="true">A. acuminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was only mentioned (as
<emphasis id="570F771FC1102152EA48D7CBA10BC724" italics="true">nomen nudum</emphasis>
) in
<bibRefCitation id="EF1721791143CEBDD6014C7DFEB04174" DOI="10.5962/bhl.title.87612" author="Drège JF" firstAuthor="Drege" refId="B33" refString="Drège JF (1843) Zwei pflanzengeographische Documente. Flora 26 (2, Besondere Beigabe): 1230. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.87612" year="1843">Drège (1843)</bibRefCitation>
, who cited a number of plant species (incl.
<taxonomicName id="C48EA1CE8156E6ECB7C246F09ECEB4DC" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Achyranthes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="acuminata">
<emphasis id="FA121887C619A559FF4633C61A52A051" italics="true">A. acuminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) growing in forests and woodlands ( Wälder und Holzungen), and it was later validated by
<bibRefCitation id="F5BBB639998AA6E21625CF86AEE2858E" author="Sonder W" firstAuthor="Sonder" journalOrPublisher="Linnaea" pagination="1-138" refId="B104" refString="Sonder W (1850) Beiträge zur Flora von Südafrica. Linnaea 23: 1138." title="Beiträge zur Flora von Südafrica." volume="23" year="1850">Sonder (1850)</bibRefCitation>
.
<bibRefCitation id="91CF347176E598EED6C4A0F909F5AEB3" author="Cavaco A" firstAuthor="Cavaco" journalOrPublisher="B (Botanique)" page="127" pagination="1-254" refId="B24" refString="Cavaco A (1962) Les Amaranthaceae de lAfrique au sud du tropique du cancer et de Madagascar. Mémoires du Muséum National dHistoire Naturelle, sér. B (Botanique) 13: 1254." title="Les Amaranthaceae de lAfrique au sud du tropique du cancer et de Madagascar. Mémoires du Muséum National dHistoire Naturelle, sér." volume="13" year="1962">Cavaco (1962: 127)</bibRefCitation>
considered
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<emphasis id="0D905187A23F61D60A3FEF9B751276A3" italics="true">A. acuminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a putative synonym of the subshrubby
<taxonomicName id="0E1E536CFA42D81867351DB9221840A2" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Achyranthes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="variety" species="aspera" variety="porphyrostachya">
<emphasis id="330B14D13E4315198FB451243416979C" italics="true">A. aspera var. porphyrostachya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(≡
<taxonomicName id="9E27CBA0CF27469DD1A87380752E201B" baseAuthorityName="Lebrun" baseAuthorityYear="1973" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Achyranthes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="porphyrostachya">
<emphasis id="35A4C7FC0EF515E7EEB339565439DF55" italics="true">A. porphyrostachya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) probably based on similar leaf shape. Authentic specimens of
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<emphasis id="AA0103E4EA7BB164AD3B239AFC39041B" italics="true">A. acuminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have obovate leaves, different from
<taxonomicName id="4E16A44CDC68703C9C5A0C2F861955F2" baseAuthorityName="Lebrun" baseAuthorityYear="1973" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Achyranthes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="porphyrostachya">
<emphasis id="7A03026EF29C1163B774646FC1AFB796" italics="true">A. porphyrostachya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which has oblong or ovate leaves. Moreover,
<taxonomicName id="6B7666D8F2CCCE84B4BAEC81D0E75D44" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Achyranthes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="acuminata">
<emphasis id="5536A08E15BE66CDBFB9F278A8601896" italics="true">A. acuminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="51281D534731BF4D4F8905BA76A5753A" italics="true">A. porphyrostachya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be separated based on their ecology.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F14BF4570C7856A6AA4C622FE6A903F1">
An authentic specimen of
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<emphasis id="50FBCC4D8B6013A6E3753A76B5247EF9" italics="true">A. acuminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
kept at W ([without exact location and date] E. M. [eyer] (W 18393!) has a perianth shorter (4.55.0 mm long) than usual (6.07.0 mm). A shorter perianth length was also observed in specimens from dryer areas (e. g., growing in
<collectingCountry id="B985859AABE72992D173DFBAEA153010" name="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="725A0F1EF6C18C4C40BCB9CD2F9F00AD" name="Benin">Benin</collectingCountry>
). On the other hand, the length of anthers (±
<quantity id="757B3FCA3689C504DB4435F273F37071" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" unit="mm" value="0.5">0.5 mm</quantity>
long) and style (±
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) long is constant in the species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0958625573E391BA1A47A230B570B9AA">
<bibRefCitation id="E3117835E30C5238B65E40DBF05949F0" DOI="10.2307/3666576" author="Suessenguth K" firstAuthor="Suessenguth" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin du Jardin botanique de lÉtat à Bruxelles" pagination="55-72" refId="B109" refString="Suessenguth K (1938) Afrikanische Amaranthaceen aus dem Herbarium Brüssel. Bulletin du Jardin botanique de lÉtat à Bruxelles 15: 5572. https://doi.org/10.2307/3666576" title="Afrikanische Amaranthaceen aus dem Herbarium Brüssel." volume="15" year="1938">Suessenguth (1938)</bibRefCitation>
cited
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of
<taxonomicName id="5452A9B056F8EACB63028FF8F555DEE1" authority="Suess." authorityName="Suess." class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" form="nigrescens" genus="Achyranthes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="form" species="aspera">
<emphasis id="5FDAB67D44176F16D34A5C05D984E120" italics="true">A. aspera f. nigrescens</emphasis>
Suess.
</taxonomicName>
, which were collected in the
<collectingCountry id="3604A5789EA6A82613F4B53A5F093FAB" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Belgian Congo</collectingCountry>
[now
<collectingCountry id="1EE0D5FBE032554F80124DCE1FDE405A" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">DR Congo</collectingCountry>
]: Matadi [Kongo Central Prov.] and Eala [Équateur Prov.]. Both specimens represent the same species. Suessenguth was probably the first to mention its remarkable character: leaves turning black when dry.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EYICI" type="habitat">
<paragraph id="55AD0286114A76A9083094A1DE7A1924">
<heading id="3577FD0EC9FCD32847F0B9E17ED1A23A" reason="title">Habitat.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="758A2F379D8EDD2D680412D7A5020C45">
Riverine and primary rain forests, forest margins and other wet shady places at elevations of
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a. s. l.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E4ICI" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="6288AD1EC0B167FA498B092FF2D2707D">
<heading id="AFF8B08A77AD0DC0BA943EB1CE173703" reason="title">Distribution.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="215AC13F7FE1F217C204B6B01DBF2808">
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="22BF0871ED0BAC524A543D9B0A43B3AF" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Distribution map of Achyranthes acuminata." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.250.136139.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1203851">7</figureCitation>
; see also Appendix
<xref id="11693D200D40FA15263B9D8895E2D185" ref-type="app" rid="app1">1</xref>
).
<emphasis id="CC2181E8E211D8E009D85F2C1B3054BC" bold="true">Africa</emphasis>
:
<collectingCountry id="70F7431E3B1DBBCD42AF313F179613CC" name="Angola">Angola</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="2D9C912D6335198E16BFAEA4B2849773" name="Benin">Benin</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="AAE296F95C2003EE9C2F182FC84B6DEC" name="Botswana">Botswana</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="D8497AD38D77CF48F9381307594338E4" name="Burundi">Burundi</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="FD6C75A8E5A7679D19A5A5A1C7722D35" name="Cameroon">Cameroon</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="4E84EC5E160DD96360EE9A937DE04B31" name="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="5B1EF54C868D259448E6EF89139ABD5C" name="Comoros">Comoros</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="EB22D2AEC3F040B3FAF9B6D5F5D1B273" name="Republic of the Congo">Congo Republic</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="1988D242FABD414F0AE529808909A14A" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">DR Congo</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="444F349F081AFE57760D1A3DD342A24F" name="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="069B89102F912087A785CEFFD87A0E81" name="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F908B76236D1A75B83AEDD3D42048FBF" name="Gabon">Gabon</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="9D9B70E292032CEC80ECB0D94DBF4B0D" name="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="D941F63602F104859B0705861C95E8E5" name="Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="6191254EE6F729624ABE5A7CCB854A76" name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="9A35780B127FD7EF71BF018BB08A34A8" name="Lesotho">Lesotho</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="0DC4893CD944AFE2D978C39B7B81A38D" name="Madagascar">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="85869FE4AA94A01155CE6F340C8B9365" name="Malawi">Malawi</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="47EE255970BD1BE8F09BC2FF93A99EC3" name="Mayotte">Mayotte</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="ABB556E049FA80B271F30C0173D5D669" name="Mozambique">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="5E30AC94E69D4B4E13B2058B5A57FA32" name="Namibia">Namibia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="68DA270384212E85DDA97A4618ADD87D" name="Nigeria">Nigeria</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="20E959999425A5F41EA49D141DE428E4" name="Rwanda">Rwanda</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="D05C7ECDFBCA22D65FF5BFDC43CF7346" name="Sao Tome and Principe">São Tomé and Príncipe</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="A3566F9466224AD0EB5600313EC4D6E4" name="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="61AAF31E6D8C25EDEE6D1E14B25F4EE3" name="Somalia">Somalia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="AF5862A7730C8015167FA4E8CFD6E244" name="South Africa">South Africa</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="940D0681E83309F605C0EB8E255F9479" name="Tanzania">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="8106963B9CF699A2D88F6C60733FC36A" name="Togo">Togo</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="9058496B08FB0DB60C79BD4499A2AD59" name="Uganda">Uganda</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="2CC29D2561FCB3BF072EE9EA8729F5E3" name="Zambia">Zambia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="D7DC31E6EB6A6A44B266DF8D5715D8FB" name="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<caption id="1BF35F06285BECDD49E3A861B4697CD2" ID-DOI="10.3897/phytokeys.250.136139.figure7" ID-arpha="47EF65DD-A6B0-5405-BF7A-9567BDF0A095" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1203851" startId="F7">
<paragraph id="D88BC762673ED92CF697FD9E6A1B2421">
<label id="2BCC33EA3C4C4010988E8DBB39F60244">Figure 7.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="571403AB765A60F7F0A80C11F95C7EAA">
Distribution map of
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<emphasis id="F55E6462BAC4149FCFF41FBDAC3F30BC" italics="true">Achyranthes acuminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EBKCI" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="71603203A18FEB86D4260E346501DEE5">
<heading id="8048D0CA5CE0831CC8124F0DE8897A37" reason="title">General distribution.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="ED990BD92774EE76724504A118D55461">Tropical Africa.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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