Amaranthus L.
Distribution
Native to:
Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Bulgaria, Burkina, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Delaware, District of Columbia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, France, Free State, French Guiana, Galápagos, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Jawa, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Line Is., Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rhode I., Rwanda, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Alaska, Aldabra, Altay, Amur, Andaman Is., Ascension, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, British Columbia, Burundi, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Central European Rus, Chagos Archipelago, Chita, Christmas I., Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Fiji, Finland, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Gilbert Is., Great Britain, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, Hungary, Ireland, Irkutsk, Ivory Coast, Japan, Juan Fernández Is., Kazan-retto, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Laccadive Is., Liberia, Maldives, Manchuria, Manitoba, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mongolia, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nicobar Is., Niue, Norfolk Is., North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ogasawara-shoto, Phoenix Is., Pitcairn Is., Poland, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rodrigues, Romania, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., South China Sea, South European Russi, St.Helena, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tibet, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tristan da Cunha, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuva, Ukraine, Vanuatu, Wake I., West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Sahara, Yakutskiya
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Acanthochiton Torr. in Sitgr. Rep.: 170 (1853)
- Acnida L. in Sp. Pl.: 1027 (1753)
- Albersia Kunth in Fl. Berol., ed. 2, 2: 144 (1838)
- Amarantellus Speg. in Comun. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 1: 343 (1901)
- Amblogyna Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 3: 42 (1837)
- Bajan Adans. in Fam. Pl. 2: 506 (1763)
- Blitum Scop. in Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 237 (1771), nom. illeg.
- Blitum Heist. ex Fabr. in Enum.: 198 (1759), nom. illeg.
- Dimeiandra Raf. in Neogenyton: 2 (1825)
- Euxolus Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 3: 42 (1837)
- Galliaria Bubani in Fl. Pyren. 1: 184 (1897)
- Glomeraria Cav. in Descr. Pl.: 319 (1802)
- Goerziella Urb. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 301 (1924)
- Mengea Schauer in Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 405 (1843)
- Montelia A.Gray in Manual, ed. 2: 369 (1856)
- Pentrius Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 3: 42 (1837)
- Pyxidium Moench ex Montandon in F.Friche-Joset, Syn. Fl. Jura: 260 (1856)
- Roemeria Moench in Methodus: 341 (1794), nom. illeg.
- Sarratia Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 233 (1849)
- Scleropus Schrad. in Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1835: 5 (1835)
Accepted Species
- Amaranthus acanthobracteatus Henrard
- Amaranthus acanthochiton J.D.Sauer
- Amaranthus acutilobus Uline & W.L.Bray
- Amaranthus albus L.
- Amaranthus anderssonii J.T.Howell
- Amaranthus arenicola I.M.Johnst.
- Amaranthus asplundii Thell.
- Amaranthus atropurpureus Roxb.
- Amaranthus aureus F.Dietr.
- Amaranthus australis (A.Gray) J.D.Sauer
- Amaranthus bahiensis Mart.
- Amaranthus bengalense Saubhik Das & Iamonico
- Amaranthus blitoides S.Watson
- Amaranthus blitum L.
- Amaranthus brandegeei Standl.
- Amaranthus brownii Christoph. & Caum
- Amaranthus × budensis Priszter
- Amaranthus × cacciatoi (Aellen ex Cacciato) Iamonico
- Amaranthus californicus (Moq.) S.Watson
- Amaranthus cannabinus (L.) J.D.Sauer
- Amaranthus capensis Thell.
- Amaranthus cardenasianus Hunz.
- Amaranthus × caturus B.Heyne ex Hook.f.
- Amaranthus caudatus L.
- Amaranthus celosioides Kunth
- Amaranthus centralis J.Palmer & Mowatt
- Amaranthus clementii Domin
- Amaranthus cochleitepalus Domin
- Amaranthus commutatus A.Kern.
- Amaranthus congestus C.C.Towns.
- Amaranthus crassipes Schltdl.
- Amaranthus crispus (Lesp. & Thévenau) A.Braun ex J.M.Coult. & S.Watson
- Amaranthus cruentus L.
- Amaranthus cuspidifolius Domin
- Amaranthus deflexus L.
- Amaranthus dinteri Schinz
- Amaranthus fimbriatus (Torr.) Benth.
- Amaranthus floridanus (S.Watson) J.D.Sauer
- Amaranthus furcatus J.T.Howell
- Amaranthus graecizans L.
- Amaranthus grandiflorus (J.M.Black) J.M.Black
- Amaranthus greggii S.Watson
- Amaranthus hunzikeri N.Bayón
- Amaranthus hybridus L.
- Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.
- Amaranthus induratus C.A.Gardner ex J.Palmer & Mowatt
- Amaranthus interruptus R.Br.
- Amaranthus × jansen-wachterianus Thell.
- Amaranthus kloosianus Hunz.
- Amaranthus lepturus S.F.Blake
- Amaranthus lombardoi Hunz.
- Amaranthus looseri Suess.
- Amaranthus macrocarpus Benth.
- Amaranthus minimus Standl.
- Amaranthus mitchellii Benth.
- Amaranthus muricatus (Gillies ex Moq.) Hieron.
- Amaranthus neei D.B.Pratt, Sánch.Pino & Flores Olv.
- Amaranthus obcordatus (A.Gray) Standl.
- Amaranthus × ozanonii Thell.
- Amaranthus palmeri S.Watson
- Amaranthus paraganensis Saubhik Das
- Amaranthus pedersenianus N.Bayón & C.Peláez
- Amaranthus persimilis Hunz.
- Amaranthus peruvianus (Schauer) Standl.
- Amaranthus polygonoides L.
- Amaranthus powellii S.Watson
- Amaranthus praetermissus Brenan
- Amaranthus pumilus Raf.
- Amaranthus × pyxidatus (Contré) Iamonico
- Amaranthus rajasekharii Sindu Arya, V.S.A.Kumar, W.K.Vishnu & Iamonico
- Amaranthus × ralletii Contré
- Amaranthus retroflexus L.
- Amaranthus rhombeus R.Br.
- Amaranthus rosengurttii Hunz.
- Amaranthus saradhiana Sindu Arya, V.S.A.Kumar, W.K.Vishnu & Rajesh Kumar
- Amaranthus scariosus Benth.
- Amaranthus schinzianus Thell.
- Amaranthus scleranthoides (Andersson) Andersson
- Amaranthus scleropoides Uline & W.L.Bray
- Amaranthus shengkuangensis S.S.Ying
- Amaranthus sonoriensis Iamonico & El Mokni
- Amaranthus × soproniensis Priszter & Kárpáti
- Amaranthus sparganiocephalus Thell.
- Amaranthus spinosus L.
- Amaranthus squamulatus (Andersson) B.L.Rob.
- Amaranthus standleyanus Parodi ex Covas
- Amaranthus × tamariscinus Nutt.
- Amaranthus tamaulipensis Henrickson
- Amaranthus tarraconensis Sennen & Pau
- Amaranthus × texensis Henrickson
- Amaranthus thunbergii Moq.
- Amaranthus torreyi (A.Gray) Benth. ex S.Watson
- Amaranthus tortuosus Hornem.
- Amaranthus tricolor L.
- Amaranthus tuberculatus (Moq.) J.D.Sauer
- Amaranthus tucsonensis Henrickson
- Amaranthus tunetanus Iamonico & El Mokni
- Amaranthus undulatus R.Br.
- Amaranthus urceolatus Benth.
- Amaranthus viridis L.
- Amaranthus viscidulus Greene
- Amaranthus vulgatissimus Speg.
- Amaranthus wallichii Iamonico
- Amaranthus watsonii Standl.
- Amaranthus wrightii S.Watson
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
- Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Cao, R. (eds.) in Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 1: 1-779. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Thellung in Asch. & Grabner Synopsis 5, 1: 225–356 (1914).
- —F.T.A. 6, 1: 30
Flora Zambesiaca
- Brenan, “The genus Amaranthus in Southern Africa”, Journ. S. Afr. Bot. 47: 451–492 (1981).
- Sp. Pl. 2: 989 (1753)
Flora of Somalia
- Aellen in Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitteleur. 3,2: 465–516 (1959)
- Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by C. C. Townsend [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
- Townsend in Publ. Cairo Univ. Herb. 7 & 8: 63–66 (1977).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 427 (1754)
- Sp. Pl.: 989 (1753)
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0