Amaranthus powellii

Amaranthus powellii

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 powellii

Name

Amaranthus powellii S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 347. (1875)

• Lectotype: U.S.A.: Arizona (cultivated specimen from Col. Powell's Arizona seeds). 1874, J.W. Powell #s.n. US US00106256; Isolectotypes: MO MO-247671, GH 00036985, NY NY01043136, PH PH00002348.
• Further type specimen: GH00037008.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Amaranthus chlorostachys var. powellii (S.Watson) Priszter, Agrártud. Egyet. Kert- Szölögazdaságtud. Karának Évk. 2: 144. (1953)
  • Amaranthus hybridus subsp. powellii (S.Watson) Karlsson, Nordic J. Bot. 20(5): 519. (2001)
  • Amaranthus hypochondriacus var. powellii (S.Watson) Pedersen, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 74: 1245. (1999)
  • Amaranthus retroflexus var. powellii (S.Watson) B.Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 93(5): 641. (1966)
• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2018)
  • Amaranthus bracteosus Uline & W.L.Bray, Bot. Gaz. 19: 314. (1894)
  • Amaranthus chlorostachys var. pseudoretroflexus Thell., Mitt. Naturf. Ges. Solothurn 6: 26. (1920); Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 52: 443. (1907)
  • Amaranthus hybridus var. pseudoretroflexus (Thell.) L.Carretero, Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 11(4): 125. (1979)
  • Amaranthus hybridus f. pseudoretroflexus (Thell.) Thell., in Asch. & Gräbner Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 5: 239. (1914)
  • Amaranthus pseudoretroflexus (Thell.) Almq., Acta Phytogeogr. Suec. i. 538. (1929)
  • Amaranthus retroflexus var. pseudoretroflexus (Thell.) B.Boivin, Phytologia 17: 70. (1968)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced elsewhere (ref. Govaerts 2019) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Watson, S. 1875. Revision of the genus Ceanothus, and descriptions of new plants, with a synopsis of the western species of Silene. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 333–350. BHL Reference page. : 347

Additional references

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

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus powellii 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 powellii. 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 powellii. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 20 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus powellii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Aug. 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Powell's Amaranth
suomi: Tummarevonhäntä
hornjoserbsce: Zeleny šćěrjenc
日本語: ホナガアオゲイトウ

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