Amaranthus hypochondriacus

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 hypochondriacus

Name

Amaranthus hypochondriacus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 991. (1753)

Type locality: "Habitat in Virginia".
Lectotype (designated by Townsend 1985: 25.): LINN LINN.1117.24.

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Amaranthus hybridus subsp. hypochondriacus (L.) Thell., Fl. Advent. Montpellier 204. 1912
- Amaranthus hybridus var. hypochondriacus (L.) B.L.Rob., Rhodora 10: 32. 1908
- Amaranthus hybridus f. hypochondriacus (L.) B.L.Rob., Rhodora 10: 66. 1908
Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
- Amaranthus atrosanguineus hort. Lugd. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 266. 1849, nom. inval. (as species prorsus ignotae)
- Amaranthus macrostachyus Merat ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 256. 1849, nom. inval. in syn.
- Amaranthus monstrosus Cat. hort. div. (1837); hort. Tonelle, ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 256. 1849, nom. inval. in syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America
- North-Central U.S.A.
  - Nebraska, Wisconsin
- Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, West Virginia
- Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona, Utah
- South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico, Texas
- Mexico
  - Mexico (Chihuahua, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tlaxcala, Veracruz)

Introduced and cultivated elsewhere.

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

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 991. Reference page.
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. : 256, 266
Robinson, B.L. 1908. Notes on the vascular plants of the northeastern United States. Rhodora 10(110): 29–35. JSTOR BHL Reference page. : 32
Robinson, B.L. 1908. Further notes on the vascular plants of the northeastern United States. Rhodora 10(112): 64–68. JSTOR BHL Reference page. : 66
Thellung, A. 1912. La flore adventice de Montpellier. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 38: 57–728. BHL Reference page. : 204

Additional references

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

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus hypochondriacus 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 hypochondriacus. 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 hypochondriacus. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 19 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus hypochondriacus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Aug. 2019.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Trauer-Amarant
English: Prince-of-Wales Feather
suomi: Meksikonrevonhäntä, amarantti
hornjoserbsce: Žarowacy šćěrjenc
magyar: Piros disznóparéj, piros amaránt
日本語: シロミセンニンコク
svenska: Toppamarant
中文: 千穗谷