Sericostachys

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Sericostachys

Species: S. scandens

S. tomentosa
(in synonymy by Hassler 2019, accepted by Govaerts 2019)

Name

Sericostachys Gilg & Lopr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 50. 1899.

Lectotype: Sericostachys scandens Gilg & Lopr.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ivory Coast, Nigeria
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Is.: Bioko Isl. (Fernando Po), D.R.Congo (Zaire)
Northeast Tropical Africa
South Sudan, Ethiopia
East Tropical Africa
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
South Tropical Africa
Angola, Malawi

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Lopriore, G. 1899. Amarantaceae africanae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 27: 37–64. BHL Reference page. : 50.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Sericostachys. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 6. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Sericostachys. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 06 2018.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Sericostachys in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 15. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2018. Sericostachys. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Dec. 2018.

Sericostachys is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.[1]

Its native range is Tropical Africa.[1]
Species

Species:[1]

Sericostachys scandens Gilg & Lopr.
Sericostachys tomentosa Lopr.

References

"Sericostachys Gilg & Lopr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 May 2021.