Amaranthus crassipes

Amaranthus crassipes

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 crassipes
Subspecies: A. c. subsp. crassipes – A. c. subsp. warnockii

Name

Amaranthus crassipes Schltdl., Linnaea 6: 757. (1831)

• Type: Virgin Islands: Ad rivulus insulae St. Thomae. 1826 - 1828, Ehrenberg, C.A. #s.n. [1826]. Holotype: HAL0076208.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Euxolus crassipes (Schltdl.) Hieron., Bol. Acad. Nac. Cordova 4: 13. (1881)
  • Scleropus crassipes (Schltdl.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 271. (1849)
• Heterotypic
  • Scleropus amaranthoides Schrad., Ind. Sem. Hort. Gotting. (1835). Cf. Linnaea, 11: Litt. 89. (1837)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest Southern America Caribbean Aruba, Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is., Windward Is. Northern South America Venezuela Western South America Colombia Introduced elsewhere References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schlechtendal, D.F.L. de 1831. Florula insulae Sti. Thomae Indiae occidentalis (cont.) Linnaea 6: 722–736, 737–772. BHL Reference page. : 757

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus crassipes in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 13. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Amaranthus crassipes. 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. 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amaranthus crassipes. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 13 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus crassipes. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Aug. 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Spreading Amaranth
日本語: サジビユ

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