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Achyropsis

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Core Eudicots >  Order: Caryophyllales >  Family: Amaranthaceae > Subfamily: Amaranthoideae

The 6 species are found in Africa, with 2 found in southern Africa.

Species indigenous to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Achyropsis avicularis

 

Achyropsis leptostachya

 

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