- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:59920-1
- Publication
- Observationes Botanicae (Retzius)
- Collation
- 2: 13
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Amaranthaceae
Type Information
- Distribution Of Types
- India (Indian Subcontinent, Asia-Tropical)
- Type Remarks
- 'Obs. Facie tenus Achyranthes erit, deficit vero in meo exemplari [ex Indiae], quod amicitiae D. König debeo, fructus, e quo certius determinandum genus'
Remarks
The epithet 'Monsonia' is a feminine noun in apposition. Eponymy: Lady Ann Monson (1714-1776; lived in Cape; visited India in 1774)