Achyranthes mutica (Amaranthaceae)

Achyranthes mutica is a member of the amaranth family (Amaranthaceae), and is a many-branched shrub, with stems 30-60 cm long. Flowers are arranged on spikes.  This species is endemic to Hawaii (Kauai and the Big Island).  Achyranthes mutica is native to Hawaii. 

Species description or overview

USFWS species report on Achyranthes mutica
The is available online. A general description of the organism and information about its distribution in the U.S. (including territories and national wildlife refuges) is presented by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, along with links to other documentation regarding federal (endangered/threatened) status, recovery information, and additional resources.

Taxonomy & nomenclature

Achyranthes mutica information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Achyranthes mutica--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Achyranthes mutica information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Achyranthes mutica, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Achyranthes mutica
Nomenclatural information about Achyranthes mutica is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Federal endangered/threatened status

Achyranthes mutica species profile from USFWS
A species profile for Achyranthes mutica is provided by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, including links to information regarding the federal endangered/threatened status of this species.

Images

Achyranthes mutica images by Karl Magnacca
Images of Achyranthes mutica by Karl Magnacca are available online.

Distribution

Achyranthes mutica information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Achyranthes mutica--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Some documents posted on the HEAR website are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. If your computer is not already set up to read these files, you can download the FREE Adobe Acrobat reader. You can set up most web browsers to automatically invoke this reader (as a "helper application" or "add-in") upon encountering documents of this type (refer to your browser's documentation for how to do this).

The Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk (HEAR) project was historically funded by the Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN) of the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) through PIERC (USGS) with support from HCSU (UH Hilo). More details are available online.

The content of this page is based on information last generated on 15 October 2017 by PT. The template for this page was created on 15 March 2004 by EMS, and was last updated on 20 February 2006 by PT.