Achyranthes aspera L. var. pubescens (Moq.) M. Gómez (Noc. Bot. Sist. 58. 1893.)
Localities: West Indies (exotic), Lesser Antilles (exotic) [Antigua, Barbados, the Grenadines, Martinique, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [ Cuba (exotic), Hispaniola (exotic)[ Dominican Republic, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (naturalized)[ Caja de Muertos, ], ], North America (exotic: FL), South America (native),
Synonyms: Achyranthes fruticosa Lam. var. pubescens Moq. (in A.L.P.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 314. 1849.),
Citations:1). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 2). Liogier, A.H. 1985-1997. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1-5. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 3). Torres Santana, C.W. 2007. Introduced Plants in Puerto Rico (unpublished draft). 4). Wunderlin, R.P., and B.F. Hansen. 2004. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Website: www.plantatlas.usf.edu.
Last edited 12 Oct 10