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SEM images of a fruit with style and stigma: AAchyranthes abyssinicaBAchyranthes acuminataCAchyranthes annuaDAchyranthes asperaEAchyranthes mauritianaFAchyranthes porphyrostachyaGAchyranthes seychellensisHAchyranthes sicula. Scale bar: 1 mm.
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Achyranthes in its traditional sense (excluding Achyropsis that phylogenetically falls into Achyranthes) has been considered to contain a restricted (three to four) number of species in Africa and one or two species in the Arabian Peninsula. The morphology of the type species of the genus, A. aspera, has been treated as highly polymorphic, with sev...