Amaranthus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 989 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

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 Republic, 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, Taiwan, 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 Russia, 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 Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, 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 Russia, St.Helena, Sweden, Switzerland, 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

Accepted Species

Classification

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PAFTOL

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. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 1: 1-779. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Flora of Iraq

  • L. Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 427 (1754)
  • L. Sp. Pl.: 989 (1753)
  • Sauer, J. (1967). The grain amaranths and their relatives: a revised taxonomic and geographical study. Ann. Miss. Bot. Gard. 54: 103-137 (1967).

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:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 2011 Rafidah, A.R. [52674] Malaysia K000734022 No
Jan 1, 2008 Jibrin Sibil [256] Malaysia K000611720 No
Jan 1, 2008 Reynoso et al. [PPI 3907] Philippines K000611672 No
Oct 1, 1949 Xanthus, L.J. [99] United States K000814915 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 1, 1949 Wallich [6906] India K000195198 No
Oct 1, 1949 Gray, A. [s.n.] United States K000814916 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burchell [1035] Brazil K001207046 Yes
Feinbrun, N.; Amdursky, J. [s.n.] West Bank K005477841 Yes
Wright [582] United States K000814913 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Türkiye K005478019 Yes
Boulos, L. [s.n.] Qatar K005477829 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Türkiye K005478018 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6901] K001126117 Unknown Type Material Yes
Womersley, J.S. [LAE55332] Papua New Guinea K005478921 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6903] Nepal K000196860 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kushnir, T. [s.n.] Iran K005478027 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Nyberg, J.A. [M9346] Oman K005478024 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6903] India K000196859 Unknown Type Material Yes
Widjaja, E. [1922] Indonesia K005478851 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [9393] Saudi Arabia K005477835 Yes
Davis [D38549] Türkiye K005478014 Yes
Burchell [10017] Brazil K001207047 Yes
Rawi, A. [11678] Kuwait K005477990 Yes
Dinsmore, J.E. [12197] West Bank K005477843 Yes
Griffith [1688a] Afghanistan K005477846 Yes
Traill, J.W.H. [688] Brazil K001207042 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6899] K001126106 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6905] K001126127 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6903] India K001126442 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6904] India K001126123 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6901] K001126118 Unknown Type Material Yes
Reynoso; Majaducon [PPI27284] Philippines K005478875 Yes
Lee, B. [S41824] Malaysia K005478850 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6905] K001126128 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stewrat, A. [1360] Ecuador K000814927 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6901] K001126116 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6904] K001126121 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sillitoe, P.; Sillitoe, J. [93-1993] Papua New Guinea K005478922 Yes
Burchell [831] Brazil K001207045 Yes
van der Maesen, L.J.G. [1603] Iraq K005478023 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [7854] China K001872770 No
Rabarivola, M.L.; Rakotoarisoa, S.E.; Rajaonarison, R.; Peckering, T.E.; Nanjarisoa, O.P. [RML575] Madagascar K001036139 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6899] K001126108 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Iran K005478026 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [50] Lebanon K005477840 Yes
Gillies [s.n.] Argentina K000195064 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6901] K001126114 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burchell [4707] Brazil K001207044 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [5576] Saudi Arabia K005477991 Yes
Wright, C. [582] United States K000814914 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6899] K001126105 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6897] K001126101 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davis [46878] Türkiye K005478021 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6904] K001126125 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6897] Bangladesh K001126100 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6899] India K001126107 Unknown Type Material Yes
Zunguze, D.; Boane, C.; Dungo, J. [602] Mozambique K005610228 Yes
Podlech, D. [19949] Afghanistan K005477848 Yes
Said, I.M.; Sing, H. [BRUN18502] Brunei K005478852 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6905] Nepal K001126131 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6899] K001126109 Unknown Type Material Yes
Philcox, D. [3794] Brazil K001207051 Yes
Zohary, M.; Grizi, A.; Amdursky, I. [s.n.] K005477839 Yes
Davis [47026] Türkiye K005478022 Yes
Smith, L.B. [9732] Brazil K001207050 Yes
K:SPC-70000.555 No
Meyers, F. [B8198] West Bank K005477842 Yes
Po Khant, D.R. [893] Burma K005478367 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6901] K001126115 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davis [47033] Türkiye K005478020 Yes
[D. Charles Phillips] [79] Bahrain K005477836 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Iran K005478025 Yes
Davis, P.H. [13217] Türkiye K005478013 Yes
Davis, P.H. [14475] Türkiye K005478012 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6904] K001126122 Unknown Type Material Yes
Miller, A.G.; Long, D.G. [3312] Yemen K005477832 Yes
Gallagher, M.D. [7772/5] Oman K005477828 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6905] Bangladesh K001126129 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6904] K001126126 Unknown Type Material Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [3993B] Oman K005477988 Yes
Davis [47437] Türkiye K005478016 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6901] India K001126113 Unknown Type Material Yes
Meyers, F.S.; Dinsmore, J.E. [41986] West Bank K005477844 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005478827 Yes
Pickersgill, B.; Barrett, S.C.H.; Hill, R.A.; Stilwell, M.R. [RU72-134] Brazil K001207052 Yes
Haines, R.W. [W15] Iraq K005477699 Yes
Gallagher, M.D. [7775/3] Oman K005477827 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [3993B] Oman K005477989 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6899] K001126104 Unknown Type Material Yes
Archer, W.A. [7818] Brazil K001207049 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A.; Henchie, S.J. [4464] Yemen K005477833 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6905] Bangladesh K001126130 Unknown Type Material Yes
Miller, A.G. [318] Yemen K005477831 Yes
Davis [47729] Türkiye K005478015 Yes
Davis, P.H. [3850] West Bank K005477845 Yes
Davis [47021] Türkiye K005478017 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6901] India K001126112 Unknown Type Material Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [3707] Oman K005477826 Yes
Griffith [1688] Afghanistan K005477847 Yes
Boulos, L.; Rowaished, A.K.; Gifri, A.N.; Saeed, W.A.; Hussein, M.A. [s.n.] Yemen K005477834 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6897] Bangladesh K001126099 Unknown Type Material Yes
El-Amin, H.M. [56] Qatar K005477830 Yes
Heller, T.M.; Keogh, N.J.; El-Keblawy, A. [TMH282] United Arab Emirates K005477825 Yes
Belcher, R.O. [s.n.] Burma K005478368 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6904] K001126124 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K000814908 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burchell [10017] Brazil K001207048 Yes
Martius [969] Brazil K001207043 Yes
s.coll. [132/99] Pakistan K005478375 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6897] K001126102 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6899] K001126110 Unknown Type Material Yes
Christenhusz, M.J.M. [8025] Kazakhstan Roemeria K001870574 Yes

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    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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    • 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/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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