Amaranthus lividus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 990 (1753)
This name is a synonym of Amaranthus blitum subsp. oleraceus

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Bayón, N.D. (2015). Revisión taxonómica de las especies monoicas de Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae): Amaranthus subg. Amaranthus y Amaranthus subg. Albersia. Annals from the Missouri Botanical Garden 101: 261-383. MBG press. [Cited as Amaranthus blitum subsp. oleraceus.]
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST. [Cited as Amaranthus blitum subsp. oleraceus.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Amaranthus blitum subsp. oleraceus.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press. [Cited as Amaranthus lividus.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • -Thell. in Asch. & Grabner Synopsis 5, 1: 319.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 132 (1974).
  • Cavaco in Mém. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris, sér. B, 13: 55 (1962).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1: 117 (1950).
  • L., Sp. Pl.: 990 (1753).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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