Amaranthus dubius

Taxonavigation edit

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 dubius

Name edit

Amaranthus dubius Mart. ex Thell., Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 38: 203. (1912)

  • id. in Aschers. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl.v. I. 265. (1914).
  • Neotype: Martial cultivated Erlangen Botanical Garden, ex herb. Schwoegrichen. Anonymous #s.n. M: M0107382.

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Amaranthus dubius Mart., Hort. Erlang. (1814) 197., nom. nud. (this is a preprint of Mem. Soc. Sci Nat. Cherbourg 38)
  • Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
    • Amaranthus dubius var. crassespicatus Suess.
    • Amaranthus flexuosus hort. ex Moq., Prodr. (de Candolle) 13(2): 260. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
    • Amaranthus hybridus f. acicularis Suess.
    • Amaranthus tricolor var. tristis (Willd.) B.N.Mehrotra, B.S.Aswal & B.S.Bisht, Companion to Chopra's Gloss. Indian Medicin. Pl.: 9. (1987), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Amaranthus tricolor var. tristis (L.) Thell., 1914)
    • Amaranthus tristis Willd., Hist. Amaranth. 21. (1790), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Amaranthus tristis L., 1753)
    • Amaranthus tristis var. leptostachys Moq., Prodr. (de Candolle) 13(2): 260. (1849)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua
    • Caribbean
      • Aruba, Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru

Introduced elsewhere.


References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

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

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

English: Red spinach, Rau Den, Chinese spinach, spleen amaranth
español: Pira Dulce, Bledo, Bleo
Kreyòl ayisyen: Zepina
lietuvių: Blužninis burnotis
中文: 假刺苋
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