Amaranthus blitoides

Amaranthus blitoides

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 blitoides

Name

Amaranthus blitoides S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 273 (-274). (1877)

• Lectotype (designated by M.L. Fernald 1945, Rhodora 47: 139.): USA, Iowa, Ames., C.E. Bessey s.n.; Lectotype: GH: GH00036983.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Galliaria blitoides (S.Watson) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 278. (1914)
• Heterotypic
  • Amaranthus blitoides var. reverchonii Uline & W.L.Bray, Bot. Gaz. 19(8): 315. (1894), as "Reverchoni"
  • Amaranthus reverchonii (Uline & W.L.Bray) Kov., Nauch. Trud. Vissh Selskostop. Inst. Plovdiv 23(1): 49. (1978)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin Northeastern U.S.A. Indiana, Michigan, Ohio South-Central U.S.A. Texas Southeastern U.S.A. Arkansas Originally native to central and partly eastern United States. Introduced elsewhere in North and South America, Africa, Europe, Asia (temperate). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Watson, S. 1877. Descriptions of new species of plants, with revisions of certain genera. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 12: 246–278. BHL Reference page. : 273

Additional references

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

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus blitoides 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 blitoides. 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 blitoides. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 7 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus blitoides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 Aug. 2019.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Westamerikanischer Fuchsschwanz
English: Prostate Amaranth, Matweed, Mat Amaranth
español: Baleo, Ceñiglo, Cenizo, Hebreo
suomi: Lusikkarevonhäntä
hornjoserbsce: Ameriski šćěrjenc
italiano: Amaranto blitoide
日本語: アメリカビユ
Nederlands: Nerfamarant
norsk: Meldeamarant
Diné bizaad: Naazkaadí
sardu: Amarantu
svenska: Skedamarant
中文: 北美苋

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