Amaranthus bouchonii

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 bouchonii

Name

Amaranthus bouchonii Thell., Monde Pl. 27(160): 4. (1926)

• Lectotype (designated by Iamonico 2015): France: Bordeaux, [introduced from America]: 25 September 1925, A.Bouchon #s.n. Lectotype: US US00106237. Isolectotype: Z Z-000000238. Possible Syntype?: EMMA7345.

Accepted by Hassler 2019, Wilkin 1992, and Iamonico 2015. Considered as synonym of Amaranthus hybridus by Govaerts 2019.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Amaranthus hybridus subsp. bouchonii (Thell.) O.Bolòs & Vigo, Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 38(1): 89. (1974)
  • Amaranthus hybridus var. bouchonii (Thell.) Lambinon, Candollea 52(2): 273. (1997)
  • Amaranthus powellii subsp. bouchonii (Thell.) Costea & Carretero, Sida 19(4): 964. (2001)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Northwestern U.S.A. Montana, Oregon, Washington Northeastern U.S.A. Pennsylvania Introduced into South America (Argentina), Europe (France, Italy, Greece (incl. Kiklades), Slovakia, Crete, East Aegaean Isl.), Asia (Russian Far East) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Thellung, A. 1926. Amaranthus bouchonii Thell. spec. (?) nov. Le Monde des plantes 27(160): 4–5. BibDigital Reference page. 

Additional references

• Wilkin, P. 1992. The status of Amaranthus bouchonii Thellung within Amaranthus L. section Amaranthus: new evidence from studies of morphology and isozymes. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 108(3): 253–267. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1992.tb00242.x Reference page. 
• Iamonico, D. 2015. Taxonomic revision of the genus Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae) in Italy. Phytotaxa 199(1): 1–84. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.199.1.1 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus bouchonii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 8. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Amaranthus bouchonii. 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. 8. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amaranthus bouchonii. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 8 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus bouchonii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 Aug. 2019.