Family:
Amaranthaceae Juss.
Genus:
Amaranthus L.

Amaranthus graecizans L.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Macaronesia, Medit. to Indian Subcontinent and Angola.

[FZ]

Amaranthaceae, C. C. Townsend. Flora Zambesiaca 9:1. 1988

Morphology General Habit
Annual herb, branched from the base and usually also above, erect, decumbent or prostrate, mostly up to c. 45 cm. (rarely to 70 cm. high).
Morphology Stem
Stem slender to stout, angular, glabrous or thinly to moderately furnished with short to long, often crisped multicellular hairs which increase upwards, especially in the inflorescence.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves glabrous or sometimes sparingly furnished on the lower surface of the principal veins with very short, gland-like hairs, long-petiolate (petiole from 3–45 mm. long, sometimes longer than the lamina), lamina broadly ovate or rhomboid-ovate to narrowly linear-lanceolate, 4–55 × 2–30 mm., acute to obtuse or obscurely retuse at the mucronulate apex, cuneate to long-attenuate at the base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers all in axillary cymose clusters, male and female intermixed, male commonest in the upper cymes.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
Bracts and bracteoles narrowly lanceolate-oblong, pale-membranous, acuminate and with a pale or reddish arista formed by the excurrent green midrib, bracteoles subequalling or usually shorter than the perianth.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
Perianth segments 3, all 1.5–2 mm. long; those of the male flowers lanceolate-oblong, cuspidate, pale membranous with a narrow green midrib excurrent in a short, pale arista; those of the female flowers lanceolate-oblong to linear-oblong, gradually to abruptly narrowed to the mucro, the midrib often bordered by a green vitta above and apparently thickened, the margins pale whitish to greenish.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
Stigmas 3, slender, usually pale, flexuose, c.0.5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule subglobose to shortly ovoid, 2–2.25 mm. usually strongly wrinkled throughout with a very short, smooth beak, exceeding the perianth, circumcissile or sometimes not, even on the same plant.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds shining, compressed, black, 1–1.25 mm. across, faintly reticulate especially towards the margin.

[FWTA]

Amaranthaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:1. 1954

Morphology General Habit
A variable weed, up to 2 ft. high.

[FTEA]

Amaranthaceae, C.C. Townsend. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1985

Morphology General Habit
Annual herb, branched from the base and usually also above, erect, decumbent or prostrate, mostly up to 45(–70) cm.
Morphology Stem
Stem slender to stout, angular, glabrous or thinly to moderately furnished with short to long, often crisped multicellular hairs which increase upwards, especially in the inflorescence.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves glabrous or sometimes sparingly furnished on the lower surface of the principal veins with very short gland-like hairs, long-petiolate (petiole from 3–5 mm., sometimes longer than the lamina); lamina broadly ovate or rhomboid-ovate to narrowly linear-lanceolate, 4–55 × 2–30 mm., acute to obtuse or obscurely retuse at the mucronate tip, cuneate to long-attenuate at the base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers all in axillary cymose clusters, ♂ and ♀ intermixed, ♂ commonest in the upper cymes.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
Bracts and bracteoles narrowly lanceolate-oblong, pale and membranous, acuminate and with a pale or reddish arista formed by the excurrent green midrib; bracteoles subequalling or usually shorter than the perianth.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
Perianth-segments 3, all 1.5–2 mm.; ♂ lanceolate-oblong, cuspidate, pale and membranous, with a narrow green midrib excurrent in a short pale arista; ♀ lanceolate-oblong to linear-oblong, gradually to abruptly narrowed to the mucro, the midrib often bordered by a green vitta above and apparently thickened, the margins pale whitish to greenish.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
Stigmas 3, slender, usually pale, flexuous, ± 0.5 mm.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule subglobose to shortly ovoid, 2–2.25 mm., usually strongly wrinkled throughout with a very short smooth beak, exceeding the perianth, circumscissile or sometimes not, even on the same plant.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds shining, compressed, black, 1–1.25 mm., faintly reticulate especially towards the margin.

[FSOM]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Erect, decumbent or prostrate annual, mostly up to 45 (rarely 70) cm, branched from the base and usually above
Morphology Stem
Stem slender to stout, glabrous or thinly to moderately furnished with short to long, often crisped multicellular hairs
Morphology Leaves
Leaves long-petiolate, the petiole sometimes longer than the 4–55 x 2–30 mm, broadly or rhomboid-ovate to narrowly linear-lanceolate blade, glabrous or somtimes with sparse short gland-like hairs on the lower surface, acute to obtuse or obscurely retuse
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers entirely in axillary clusters, male and female flowers intermixed
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Tepal
Tepals of female flowers 3, 1.5–2 mm, lanceolate-oblong to linear-oblong, gradually to abruptly narrowed to the mucro
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
Stigmas 3
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule subglobose to shortly ovoid, 2–2.5 mm, usually strongly wrinkled throughout with a very short, smooth beak, longer than the perianth, circumscissile or sometimes not, even on the same plant
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds lenticular, faintly reticulate.
Vernacular
Aiyu-guri (Somali)

Doubtfully present in:

Tunisia

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Assam, Azores, Baleares, Bangladesh, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Greece, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, North Caucasus, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Djibouti, Germany, Hungary, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, New Jersey, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Northwest European R, Romania, South Australia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tasmania, Victoria, Wake I., Western Sahara

Amaranthus graecizans L. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Kotschy [82], Sudan K000243572 syntype
Kotschy [48], Sudan K000243574 isolectotype
Migeod, F. W. H. [147], Cameroon K000025559
Cope, T.A. [RBG 3], Great Britain K000914064

First published in Sp. Pl.: 990 (1753)

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