Amaranthus hypochondriacus

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, 2nd 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

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