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''Achyranthes'' is a genus of
medicinal
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and
ornamental plant
Ornamental plants or garden plants are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space. Many flowering plants and garden varieties tend to be specially bred cultivars that i ...
s in the amaranth family,
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus ''Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, making it ...
. Chaff flower is a common name for plants in this genus.
Species include:
* ''
Achyranthes ancistrophora''
C.C.Towns.
* ''
Achyranthes arborescens''
R.Br.
* ''
Achyranthes aspera''
L. (= ''A. argentea'') (Sanskrit : apamarg (अपामार्ग))
* ''
Achyranthes atollensis'' (extinct)
* ''
Achyranthes bidentata''
Blume
* ''
Achyranthes coynei''
Santapau
* ''
Achyranthes diandra
''Achyranthes'' is a genus of medicinal plants, medicinal and ornamental plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. Chaff flower is a common name for plants in this genus.
Species include:
* ''Achyranthes ancistrophora'' C.C.Towns.
* ''Achyr ...
''
Roxb.
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* ''
Achyranthes fasciculata
''Achyranthes'' is a genus of medicinal and ornamental plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. Chaff flower is a common name for plants in this genus.
Species include:
* '' Achyranthes ancistrophora'' C.C.Towns.
* ''Achyranthes arborescen ...
''
( Suess.) C.C.Towns.
* ''
Achyranthes faureri''
* ''
Achyranthes mangarevica''
Suess.
* ''
Achyranthes marchionica''
R.Br.
* ''
Achyranthes margaretarum''
de Lange
* ''
Achyranthes mutica''
A.Gray
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ex H.Mann
* ''
Achyranthes shahii
''Achyranthes'' is a genus of medicinal and ornamental plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. Chaff flower is a common name for plants in this genus.
Species include:
* '' Achyranthes ancistrophora'' C.C.Towns.
* ''Achyranthes arborescen ...
''
M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida
* ''
Achyranthes splendens
''Achyranthes splendens'' (Ewa hinahina; also called Maui chaff flower, round chaff flower, round-leaf chaff flower, or round-leaved chaff flower) is a species of flowering plant in the pigweed family, Amaranthaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. I ...
''
Mart.
Carl Friedrich Philipp (Karl Friedrich Philipp) von Martius (17 April 1794 – 13 December 1868) was a German botanist and explorer.
Life
Martius was born at Erlangen, the son of Prof Ernst Wilhelm Martius, court apothecary.
He graduated PhD f ...
ex Moq.
* ''
Achyranthes talbotii''
Hutch.
John Hutchinson, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, OBE, Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (7 April 1884 Blindburn, Northumberland – 2 September 1972 London) was an English botanist, taxonomist and author.''A Botanist in Southern Afric ...
& Dalziel
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Pronunciation
The unintuitive spelling of the name is due to it being an anglicisation of Scottish Gaelic ''Dail-gheal'', meaning bright dale. The sound now spelled with a or is historica ...
References
External links
Flora of North America: ''Achyranthes''
Amaranthaceae genera
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