Amaranthus vulgatissimus

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 vulgatissimus

Name

Amaranthus vulgatissimus Speg., Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 53: 281 (1902). / Anal. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, 7: 135. (1902)

• Type locality: Argentina: "Non raris in cultis secus Rio Negro prope Carmen de Patagones." 1898-02, C. Spegazzini.
• Holotype: LP LP002717.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
  • Amaranthus ataco Thell., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 23. (1919)
• (+ ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Amaranthus spicatus (Thell.) Seckt, nom. illeg. (later homonym of Amaranthus spicatus Lam., 1779)

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Spegazzini, C.L. 1902. Nova addenda ad floram patagonicam. III, IV. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 7 (= ser.2 t.4): 135–308. BHL. / id : Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina 53: [several parts: 13–, 66–, 136–, 166–, 242–, 275–]. BHL Reference page. : 135 / 281

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus vulgatissimus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 10. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Amaranthus vulgatissimus. 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 Sept. 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amaranthus vulgatissimus. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 10 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus vulgatissimus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Sept. 2019.