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The genus Achyranthes is in the family Amaranthaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Achyranthes

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Achyranthes arborescens R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Achyranthes aspera L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Achyranthes bidentata Blume	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Achyranthes diandra Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Achyranthes fasciculata (Suess.) C.C.Towns.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Achyranthes mangarevica Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Achyranthes marchionica F.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Achyranthes margaretarum de Lange	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Achyranthes splendens Mart. ex Moq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Achyranthes talbotii Hutch. & Dalziel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 309 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Achyranthes. Of these 11 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 45 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Achyranthes. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 309 species names for the genus Achyranthes recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	11	3.6%
◕	Synonym	220	71.2%
◕	Unplaced	23	7.4%
◕	Unassessed	55	17.8%

All names

The status of the 354 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Achyranthes recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	20	5.6%
◕	Synonym	255	72.0%
◕	Unplaced	23	6.5%
◕	Unassessed	56	15.8%

Of these names,

• 16 are recorded as invalid
• 10 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 309 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Achyranthes, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	11	169	0	0	180	58.3%
	Low confidence	0	51	23	55	129	41.7%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Achyranthes, are as follows: