Amaranthus watsonii

Taxonavigation edit

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 watsonii

Name edit

Amaranthus watsonii Standl., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 41: 505. (1914), as "Watsoni"

Synonyms edit

  • Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019)
    • Amaranthus torreyi var. suffruticosus Uline & W.L.Bray, Bot. Gaz. 19: 272. (1894)
    • Amaranthus torreyi f. prostratus Farw., Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 1: 93. (1923)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona, California
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northwest

Introduced into Greece.


References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

  • eFloras 2008. Amaranthus watsonii in Flora of North America . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

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Vernacular names edit

English: Watson's amaranth