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, 2^nd 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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