Amaranthus muricatus

Amaranthus muricatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Amaranthus
Species: Amaranthus muricatus

Name

Amaranthus muricatus (Moq.) Hieron., Pl. Diaph. Fl. Argent. 227 (1882).

• also in: Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 4: 421 (1882)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Euxolus muricatus Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 276. (1849)
    • Lectotype: Argentina, Mendoza. John Gillies #s.n. Lectotype: K K000195064; Isolectotypes: E E00334797, P P00609945.
• Homotypic
  • Amaranthus muricatus (Moq.) Hicken, Apuntes de Historia Natural 2: 93. (1910), isonym

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Western South America Bolivia Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay Introduced elsewhere. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hieronymus, J. 1882. Plantae Diaphoricae Florae Argentinae. 404 pp. Buenos Aires: G. Kraft. [Also published in Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias 4: 199–598]. BHL Reference page. : 227
• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Amarantaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 231–424. Masson, Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 276

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus muricatus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 20. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Amaranthus muricatus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amaranthus muricatus. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 20 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus muricatus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Aug. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Amaranthus muricatus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 20.

Vernacular names

English: African Amaranth
español: Hierba meona
italiano: Amaranto muricato
sardu: Amarantu

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