Achyranthes, L.

Hassan, Walaa A., Al-Shaye, Najla A. & Iamonico, Duilio, 2023, A critical inventory of the family Amaranthaceae s. str. in Saudi Arabia, Phytotaxa 626 (4), pp. 223-246 : 227

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.626.4.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10249917

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/97224201-FFF6-9014-FF4C-6928838616CB

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Achyranthes
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Diagnostic key for Achyranthes View in CoL taxa occurring in Saudi Arabia

1. Main stem usually glabrous or glabrescent; abaxial surface of leaves villous, whitish........................................ Achyranthes sicula

1. Main stem pubescent; abaxial surface of leaves glabrous or pubescent (not villous), green.............................................................2

2. Leaf blades rounded to obovate-orbiculate, obtuse to slightly retuse (sometimes abruptly apiculate); tepals 3−4 mm long.............. ........................................................................................................................................................... Achyranthes aspera var. aspera

2. Leaf blades ovate, acuminate; tepals 6−7 mm long .................................................................... Achyranthes aspera var. pubescens

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