Amaranthus scleropoides

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 scleropoides

Name

Amaranthus scleropoides Uline & W.L.Bray, Bot. Gaz. 19: 316. (1894)

• Type: USA: Western Texas to El Paso, New Mixico [Devils River]. 1849-08-02, C. Wright #582 pro parte. Lectotype (designated by Henrickson 1999, Sida 18(3): 790.): GH GH00037010; Isolectotypes: GH00037011, US US00106262.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Amaranthus blitoides f. scleropoides (Uline & W.L.Bray) Thell. ex Probst, Mitt. Naturf. Ges. Solothurn 8: 59. (1928)
  • Amaranthus blitoides var. scleropoides (Uline & W.L.Bray) Thell., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner]. 5(1): 293. (1914)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America North-Central U.S.A. Oklahoma South-Central U.S.A. Texas Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Uline, E.B. & Bray, W.L. 1894. A preliminary synopsis of the North American species of Amaranthus. Botanical Gazette 19(7): 267–272, 19(8): 313–320. BHL Reference page. : 316

Additional references

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

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus scleropoides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 21. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Amaranthus scleropoides. 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. 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amaranthus scleropoides. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 21 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus scleropoides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Aug. 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Bonebract Amaranth