Chaff Flower (species: Achyranthes aspera) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Achyranthes aspera
Chaff Flower


©Marianne Pearce: Detail of spike of Achyranthes aspera at Lizard Island

©Marianne Pearce: Spikes and leaves of Achyranthes aspera at Lizard Island

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Kingdom Plantae
Division Tracheophyta
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Caryophyllales
Family Amaranthaceae
Genus Achyranthes
Species Achyranthes aspera

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References

  • Byrnes, N.B., S.L. Everist, S.T. Reynolds, A. Specht and R.L. Specht (1977). The vegetation of Lizard Island, North Queensland, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 88: 1-15. LIRS catalog number 3.
  • De Sloover, J.R. and M. Dufrene (1999). Flora and vegetation of Turtell V, Turtell Islands Group (Queensland, Australia), Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg./ Bull. Nat. Plantentuin Belg., 67: 45-97. LIRS catalog number 577.
  • De Sloover, J.R. and A.-L. Jacquemart (2008). Nymph Island (Great Barrier Reef, Qld., Australia): Flora and vegetation of a low wooded island, Scripta Botanica Belgica, 43: 1-88. LIRS catalog number 1210.
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