Name:		Athyrocarpus Schlechtendal ex Bentham apud Bentham; Hooker, Gen. 3 (1883) page 847 [basionym]
Accepted name:		Phaeosphaerion Hassk.
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Commelinaceae R. Br. [Family] Commelinales [Order] Magnoliopsida [Class] Magnoliophyta [Division / Phylum] Plantae [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Athyrocarpus persicariaefolius (DC.) Hemsl.
Links:		Electronic Plant Information Centre [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] International Plant Names Index New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Herbarium] USDA Plants Database [Natural Resources Conservation Service]