Amaranthus greggii

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 greggii

Name

Amaranthus greggii S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 274. (1877)

• Lectotype (designated Sauer 1955, Madroño 13: 42.): Mexico: Tamaulipas: Mouth of Rio Grande. 1847-12-17, J. Gregg #s.n.. Lectotype: GH GH00036997; Isolectotypes: MO MO-101651, MO-101652, US US00106246.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
  • Amaranthus annectens S.F.Blake, J. Bot. 53: 103. (1915)
  • Amaranthus greggii var. muelleri Uline & W.L.Bray, Bot. Gaz. 19: 272. (1894)
  • Amaranthus muelleri (Uline & W.L.Bray) Kov., Nauchni Trudove Selskost. Inst. "Vasil Kolarov" 23: 50. (1978)
  • Amaranthus myrianthus Standl., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 41: 506. (1914)

Distribution

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

References

Primary 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. : 274

Additional references

• eFloras 2008. Amaranthus greggii in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
• Sauer, J. 1955. Revision of the dioecious Amaranths. Madroño 13(1): 5–46. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus greggii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 19. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Amaranthus greggii. 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. 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amaranthus greggii. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 19 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus greggii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Aug. 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Gregg's amaranth, Josiah amaranth