Centrostachys

Centrostachys aquatica is a species of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is the sole species in genus Centrostachys.^[2] It is a subshrub or helophyte native to tropical Africa south to Botswana, and to the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, southeastern China, and Java.^[1]

Centrostachys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Genus:	Centrostachys Wall. (1824)
Species:	C. aquatica
Binomial name
Centrostachys aquatica (R.Br.) Moq. (1849)
Synonyms[1]
Achyranthes aquatica R.Br. (1810) (basionym) Achyranthes natans Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. (1832), not validly publ. Achyranthes trichotoma Perr. ex Moq. (1849) Celosia spinescens Russell ex Wall. (1832), nom. nud. Centrostachys flabelligera Fenzl ex Moq. (1849)