Amaranthus retroflexus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Amaranthus
Species: Amaranthus retroflexus
Subspecies: A. r. subsp. delilei – A. r. subsp. retroflexus

Name

Amaranthus retroflexus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 991. (1753)

Type locality: "Habitat in Pensylvania. Kalm."
Lectotype (designated by Townsend 1974): Cultivated material from Uppsala Botanic Garden. LINN LINN 1117.22.

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Galliaria retroflexa (L.) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 278. (1914)
Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019)
- Amaranthus bullatus Besser ex Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 928. (1824)
- Amaranthus curvifolius Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 928. (1824)
- Amaranthus delilei Richt. & Loret, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 13: 316. (1868)
- Amaranthus dubius E.H.L.Krause, Deutschl. Fl. (Sturm), ed. 2. 5: 141. (1901), nom. inval., quaelibet species dubia
- Amaranthus johnstonii Kov., Nauch. Trud. Vissh Selskostop. Inst. Plovdiv 23(1): 50. (1978), nom. nov. (1978).
- Amaranthus recurvatus Desf., Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3 (Cat. Pl. Horti Paris.) 39. (1829)
- Amaranthus retroflexus subsp. delilei (Richt. & Loret) Tzvelev, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 32: 183. (2000)
- Amaranthus retroflexus var. rubricaulis Thell., in Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner]. 5, Abt. 1: 260. (1914)
- Amaranthus retroflexus f. rubricaulis Thell. ex Probst, Mitt. Naturf. Ges. Solothurn Heft 6: 26. (1920)
- Amaranthus retroflexus var. salicifolius I.M.Johnst., J. Arnold Arbor. 25: 157. (1944)
- Amaranthus rigidus Schult. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 70. (1840)
- Amaranthus spicatus Lam., Fl. Franç. (Lamarck) 2: 192. (1779)
- Galliaria scabra Bubani, Fl. Pyren. (Bubani) 1: 187. (1897)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest introduced elsewhere, nearly cosmopolitic References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 991. Reference page.

Additional references

Townsend, C.C. 1974. Amaranthaceae. In: Ali, S.I. (ed.) Flora of West Pakistan. Vol. 71. 49 pp. Stewart Herbarium, Gordon College (u.a.), Rawalpindi. eFloras Reference page. : Amaranthus retroflexus

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus retroflexus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 20. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Amaranthus retroflexus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amaranthus retroflexus. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 20 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus retroflexus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Aug. 2019.

Vernacular names

dansk: Opret Amarant
Deutsch: Zurückgebogener Fuchsschwanz, Rauhhaariger Fuchssschwanz, Zurückgebogener Amarant
English: Red-root Amaranth, Redroot Pigweed, Red Rooted Pigweed, Common Amaranth, Common Tumble Weed
español: Abrebujo, Acederón, Atreu del Perú, Bledos, Breo, Jascas, Moco de Pavo
suomi: Viherrevonhäntä
français: Amarante réfléchie
italiano: Amaranto comune
日本語: アオゲイトウ
македонски: Обичен штир
norsk: Duskamarant
polski: Szarłat Szorstki
sardu: Amarantu
svenska: Svinamarant
中文: 反枝苋

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