Amaranthaceae
Amaranthus

Amaranthus dinteri Schinz

First published in Mém. Herb. Boissier 29: 15 (1900)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, Namibia, Northern Provinces

Introduced into:

Germany, Great Britain, Sweden, Switzerland

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • 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.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1988). Flora Zambesiaca 9(1): 1-179. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1988). Flora Zambesiaca 9(1): 1-179. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 3, 1979 Drummond, R.B.; Seagrey, S.C. [5172] Botswana K000282697 No
Sep 3, 1979 Anderson, D. [160] Botswana K000282696 No
Ecklon; Zeyher [2.3] South Africa K000243965 Unknown Type Material Yes
Winter, B., de; Leistner [5574] Namibia K000282689 No
Kolburg, H.; Loots, S.; Mannheimer, C.A. [KLLM868] Namibia K000282694 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [14080] South Africa K000282691 No
Schlechter [278] South Africa K000243967 Unknown Type Material Yes
Winter, B., de [3509] Namibia K000282693 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [14094] South Africa K000282692 No
Tolken, H.R.; Hardy, D. [965] Namibia K000282688 No
Rehmann [s.n.] South Africa K000243964 Unknown Type Material Yes
Riese [1890] South Africa K000243966 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kolburg, H. [HK904] Namibia K000282695 Yes
Krauss [s.n.] South Africa K000243963 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [14090] South Africa K000282690 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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

  • 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/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0