Amaranthus quitensis

Amaranthus quitensis

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 quitensis

Name

Amaranthus quitensis Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2(folio): 156 (1817)

• Type: [Ecuador: Pichincha]: Río Guallabamba. [1802-06], F.W.H.A. von Humboldt & A.J.A. Bonpland #3082. Holotype: P P00136030.

Accepted by Hassler 2019. Considered as synonym of Amaranthus hybridus subsp. quitensis by Govaerts 2019.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Amaranthus hybridus subsp. quitensis (Kunth) Costea & Carretero, Sida 19: 955. (2001)
  • Amaranthus retroflexus subsp. quitensis (Kunth) O.Bolòs & Vigo, Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 38: 89. (1974)
  • Amaranthus hybridus var. quitensis (Kunth) Covas, Darwiniana 5: 336. (1941)
• Heterotypic
  • Amaranthus quitensis var. stuckertianus Thell., in Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner]. 5, Abt. 1: 355. (1914)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Southern America Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru Brazil Brazil West-Central Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Paraguay, Uruguay Introduced into: Azores, Baleares, Belgium, Brazil South, Cape Verde, Chile Central, Colombia, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., France, Ontario, Spain References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S. 1817–1818 ["1817"]. Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt. Tomus 2 (folio ed.). 324 pp., tt. 97–192. Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. e-rara.ch Reference page. : 156

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus quitensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 20. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Amaranthus quitensis. 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. 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amaranthus quitensis. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 20 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus quitensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Aug. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Amaranthus quitensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 20.

Vernacular names

English: Mucronate Amaranth

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