Amaranthus cruentus

Amaranthus cruentus

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 cruentus

Name

Amaranthus cruentus L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1269. (1759)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Amaranthus paniculatus var. cruentus (L.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 257. (1849)
  • Amaranthus hybridus subsp. cruentus (L.) Thell., Fl. Advent. Montpellier 205. (1912)
  • Amaranthus hybridus var. cruentus (L.) Mansf., Kulturpflanze 2: 54. (1959)
• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Amaranthus aureus Besser, Cat. Hort. Volhyn. (1816) 8.
  • Amaranthus bernhardi hort. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 258. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Amaranthus caudatus f. oblongopetalus Suess.
  • Amaranthus caudatus var. pseudopaniculatus Suess.
  • Amaranthus chlorostachys Willd., Hist. Amaranth. 34 (t. 10, fig. 19) (1790).
  • Amaranthus cruentus var. albus Saubhik Das, Nordic J. Bot. 30(4): 418 (2012).
  • Amaranthus dussii Sprenger, Bull. R. Soc. Tosc. Ort 21: 178 (1896).
  • Amaranthus flavus L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1269 (1759).
  • Amaranthus frumentaceus Buch.-Ham., Fl. Ind. (Roxburgh) 3: 699 (1832).
  • Amaranthus hybridus Vell., Fl. Flumin. Icon. 10: t. 28 (1831), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Amaranthus hybridus L., 1753).
  • Amaranthus hybridus subsp. incurvatus (Timeroy ex Gren. & Godr.) Brenan, Watsonia 4 (1957).
  • Amaranthus hypochondriacus var. subdubius Suess.
  • Amaranthus laxiflorus Comell. ex Pollini, Fl. Veron. iii. 114 (1824).
  • Amaranthus paniculatus L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 2: 1406 (1763).
  • Amaranthus cruentus var. paniculatus (L.) Thell.
  • Amaranthus hybridus var. paniculatus (L.) Thell., Fl. Advent. Montpellier 205 (1912).
  • Amaranthus hybridus subsp. paniculatus (L.) Heijný, in Dostál: Květena ČSR 444. (1950).
  • Amaranthus patulus Bertol., Comment. Itin. Neapol. 171, t. 12 (1837).
  • Amaranthus cruentus var. patulus (Bertol.) Lambinon, Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 47(1-2): 247 (1977).
  • Amaranthus hybridus subsp. patulus (Bertol.) Carretero, Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 11: 127 (1979).
  • Amaranthus hybridus var. patulus (Bertol.) Thell., Fl. Advent. Montpellier 206. (1912).
  • Galliaria patula (Bertol.) Bubani, Fl. Pyren. (Bubani) 1: 187 (1897).
  • Amaranthus spicatus Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs. 585. (1832) (later homonym of Amaranthus spicatus Lam., 1779).
  • Amaranthus timeroyi Jord. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 259 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Amaranthus trivialis Rota, Giorn. Bot. Ital. ii. II; 287. (1846)

Homonyms

• Amaranthus cruentus Willd. ex Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 610. (1832), nom. illeg. = synonym of Amaranthus caudatus L.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Southern America Central America El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá widely naturalized, cosmopolitan. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Pp. [I–VI], 825–1384. Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 1269.
• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Amarantaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 231–424. Masson, Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 257
• Thellung, A. 1912. La flore adventice de Montpellier. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 38: 57–728. BHL Reference page. : 205

Additional references

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

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus cruentus 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 cruentus. 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 cruentus. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 13 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus cruentus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Aug. 2019.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Rispen-Fuchsschwanz
English: Purple Amaranth, Red Amaranth, Mexican Grain Amaranth
español: Huautli, Alegría
suomi: Purppurarevonhäntä
français: Amarante Rouge
hornjoserbsce: Wisaty šćěrjenc
日本語: スギモリゲイトウ
lietuvių: Šluotinis burnotis
polski: Szarłat wyniosły
svenska: Blodamarant

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