Achyranthes sicula

Achyranthes sicula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Achyranthes sicula (L.) All., Auct. Syn. Meth. Stirp. Hort. Regii Taur. 41. (1773)

Accepted by Hassler 2019. Considered as synonym of Achyranthes aspera var. sicula by Govaerts 2019.

Basionym
- Achyranthes aspera var. sicula L., Sp. Pl. 1: 204. (1753)
Homotypic
- Cadelaria sicula (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 39 (1837)
Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
- Achyranthes argentea Lam., Encycl. 1: 545. (1785)
- Cadelaria argentea (Lam.) Raf., Autik. Bot.: 154. (1840)
- Achyranthes aspera var. argentea (Lam.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 4: 994. (1879)
- Achyranthes aspera var. villosior (Henslow) D.M.Porter, Kew Bull., 37(2): 334. (1982)

Native distribution areas:

Europe
- Southwestern Europe
  - Spain (I), Gibraltar (I), Sardegna
- Southeastern Europe
  - Sicily, Italy
Africa
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria,, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia
- Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands (Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, Hierro, La Palma), Madeira (Madeira Isl.), Islas Selvagens.
- West Tropical Africa
  - Benin (I), Guinea
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Sudan.
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola (I)
- Southern Africa
  - South Africa (I) (widespread), Lesotho (I), Namibia (I), Swaziland (I)
Asia-Temperate
- Western Asia
  - Lebanon-Syria, Palestine.
- Arabian Peninsula
  - Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman.

Allioni, C. 1774. Auctarium ad synopsim methodicam stirpium Horti reg. Taurinensis. Mélanges de Philosophie et de Mathématique de la Société Royale de Turin 5: 53–96. Journal print (preprinted in 1773 with own pagination 1–44) Reference page. : 93

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Achyranthes sicula in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 13. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Achyranthes sicula. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Achyranthes sicula. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 13 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Achyranthes sicula. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Sept. 2019.

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