Amaranthaceae
Amaranthus

Amaranthus thunbergii Moq.

First published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 262 (1849)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to S. Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Germany, Great Britain, South Carolina, St.Helena

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting 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.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Lambdon, P. (2012). Flowering plants & ferns of St Helena: 1-624. Pisces publications for St Helena nature conservation group.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1988). Flora Zambesiaca 9(1): 1-179. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Townsend, C.C. (1985). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Amaranthaceae: 1-136.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lambdon, P. (2012). Flowering plants & ferns of St Helena: 1-624. Pisces publications for St Helena nature conservation group.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1988). Flora Zambesiaca 9(1): 1-179. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Townsend, C.C. (1985). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Amaranthaceae: 1-136.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by C. C. Townsend [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 60 (1953).
  • Hauman in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 2: 32 (1951).
  • Moq. in DC., Prodr. 13(2): 262 (1849).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Hislop, A. [Z176] Zimbabwe K005610253 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Rutherford-Smith, R.O.B. [7609] Mozambique K005610235 Yes
Cole, M.M.; RCB; B. [6025] Botswana K005610266 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1840] Botswana K005610268 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [14607] Botswana K005610273 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [2796] Angola K005610283 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [1495] Zambia K005610250 Yes
Bolus, H. [357] South Africa K000243576 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sukhorukov, A. P. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001870212 No
Lambrecht, F.L. [229] Botswana K005610276 Yes
Smith, P.A. [4427] Botswana K005610279 Yes
Soane, C. [59] Zimbabwe K005610256 Yes
Guy, G.L. [10/64] Botswana K005610272 Yes
Pedro; Pedrogão [1197] Mozambique K005610233 Yes
s.coll. [8224] Zimbabwe K005610245 Yes
Goldsmith, B. [106/56] Zimbabwe K005610259 Yes
Cole, M.M.; RCB; B. [7756] Botswana K005610265 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mozambique K005610230 Yes
Kirk, J. (Dr.) [s.n.] Mozambique K005610232 Yes
Rushworth, J.E. [1546] Zimbabwe K005610261 Yes
Kornas, J. [1578] Zambia K005610241 Yes
Skarpe, C. [S-131] Botswana K005610238 Yes
Simwanda, P. [21] Zimbabwe K005610244 Yes
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [463] Zimbabwe K005610255 Yes
Ngoni, J.F. [436] Botswana K005610270 Yes
Sandwith, C. [181] Zambia K005610251 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [1744] Zambia K005610240 Yes
Wilson, J. [1738] Uganda K005479942 Yes
s.coll. [313] Kenya K005479946 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [3725] Angola K005610285 Yes
Welwitsch (Dr) [6528] Angola K005610284 Yes
[D-fames] [2304] Kenya K005479945 Yes
Zeyher [576] South Africa K000243577 Unknown Type Material Yes
Smith, P.A. [1919] Botswana K005610269 Yes
Macaulay, M.A. (Mrs) [688] Zambia K005610248 Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Mozambique K005610231 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [196] Zambia K005610249 Yes
Sampson, P. [2] Botswana K005610271 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [3061] Botswana K005610275 Yes
Welw [P497] Angola K005610282 Yes
Best, E.B. [396] Zimbabwe K005610260 Yes
Broun, R.C. [7756] Botswana K005610277 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [27711] Mozambique K005610229 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, A. [264] Botswana K005610267 Yes
Dyson-Hudson [182] Uganda K005479944 Yes
Long, D.G.; Rae, D.A.H. [301] Botswana K005610281 Yes
Barbosa, G. [517] Mozambique K005610234 Yes
Jansen, P.C.M.; Nuvunga, A.; Petrini, G. [PJ7613] Mozambique K005610237 Yes
s.coll. [601] Zimbabwe K005610263 Yes
Rogers, F.A. (Rev.) [8139] Zimbabwe K005610243 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [1645KBS] Zambia K005610239 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [5247] Zimbabwe K005610262 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [28358] Mozambique K005610236 Yes
Wild, H. [2322] Zimbabwe K005610254 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [5786] Zimbabwe K005610252 Yes
Wilson, J. [621] Uganda K005479943 Yes
Norlindh, N.T.; Weimarck, H. [4378] Zimbabwe K005610257 Yes
Cox, T.J. (Dr) [372] Botswana K005610278 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [58] Zambia K005610246 Yes
Sandwith, C. [180] Zambia K005610242 Yes
Mott, P.J. [827] Botswana K005610274 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [769] Zimbabwe K005610258 Yes
Taylor, P. [25] Zimbabwe K005610264 Yes
Codd, L.E. [7388] Zambia K005610247 Yes

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