Amaranthus australis

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 australis

Name

Amaranthus australis (A.Gray) J.D.Sauer, Madroño 13: 15. (1955)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Acnida australis A.Gray, Amer. Naturalist 10: 489. (1876)
    • Lectotype (designated by Sauer 1955: 15): United States: Apalachicola. A.W. Chapman #s.n. Lectotype: GH GH00254089.
• Homotypic
  • Acnida cannabina var. australis (A.Gray) Uline & W.L.Bray, Bot. Gaz. 20: 157. (1895)
• Heterotypic
  • Acnida alabamensis Standl., N. Amer. Fl. 21(2): 121. (1917)
  • Acnida cuspidata Bertero ex Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3: 903. (1826)
  • Acnida cannabina var. cuspidata (Bertero ex Spreng.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 277. (1849)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America South-Central U.S.A. Texas Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Southern America Caribbean Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago Northern South America Venezuela Western South America Colombia Introduced into Suriname References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Sauer, J. 1955. Revision of the dioecious Amaranths. Madroño 13(1): 5–46. BHL Reference page. : 15

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus australis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 7. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Amaranthus australis. 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. 7. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amaranthus australis. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 7 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus australis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 Aug. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Amaranthus australis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Southern Amaranth, Southern Water-Hemp