Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 204-205 [tax. nov.]

• Type: not designated

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 96 [secondary reference]

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. in Cuvier, F. (ed.) (1805), Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles Edn. 1, 3: 132 [secondary reference]

• Type: Achyranthes aspera L.

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 417 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 28 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 403 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 331 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek akhyron, chaff; anthos, flower; alluding to the scaly shining perianth segments"

Backer, C.A. (December 1949), Amaranthaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 4(2): 69-70 [secondary reference]

Bullock, A.A. (1957), Achyranthes: a correction. Kew Bulletin 12(2): 296 [secondary reference]

Bullock, A.A. (23 February 1957), The application of the generic name Achyranthes. Kew Bulletin 12(1): 73-74 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 168 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Amaranthaceae (except Ptilotus). Flora of Central Australia: 83 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 63 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Amaranthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 138-139 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Lapinpuro, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Amaranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 249 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Amaranthaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 107 [secondary reference]

Jarvis, C.E. (August 1992), Seventy-two proposals for the conservation of types of selected Linnaean generic names, the report of Subcommittee 3C on the lectotypification of Linnaean generic names. Taxon 41(3): 555 [secondary reference]

• Text: "2328 Achyranthes Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 204. 1753, nom. cons. prop. (5 : 0 : 0) T." A. aspera Linnaeus (T. designated by Townsend (1974: 35)]: Herb. Hermann No. 105, vol 2: 69, BM), typ. cons. prop."

Jarvis, C.E., Barrie, F.R., Allan, D.M. & Reveal, J.L. (1993), A List of Linnaean Generic Names and their Types. Regnum Vegetabile 127: 14 [secondary reference]

• Type: "A. aspera L. - Lectotype (Townsend in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 71: 35. 1974): Herb. Hermann 2: 69, No. 105 (BM), typ. cons. prop."

Townsend, C.C. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Amaranthaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 87 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 86 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (November 1995), Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 43. Taxon 44(4): 612 [secondary reference]

• Text: "The names here recommended for conservation with appropriate types are: Achyranthes ..."

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Lapinpuro, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Amaranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 249 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 14 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Achryanthes D.G.Williams orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Centrostachys Wall. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, CoI, ChI, NT, Qld, CSI, NSW, LHI, NI

Barrie, F.R. (August 2006), Report of the General Committee: 9. Taxon 55(3): 796 [secondary reference]

• Text: "The following ... are approved for conservation and are conserved with the types listed in Jarvis (1992). ... Achyranthes (A. aspera) ..."

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 8 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Achyrantes L. orth. var. orthographic variant: Achryanthes D.G.Williams orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Centrostachys Wall. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, CoI, ChI, NT, Qld, CSI, NSW, LHI, NI

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