Amaranthus caudatus

Amaranthus caudatus

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 caudatus

Name

Amaranthus caudatus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 990. (1753)

• Lectotype (designated by Townsend 1974, Fl. W. Pakistan 71: 10.): [Cultivated material from the Botanic Garden at Uppsala]. LINN LINN-1117.26.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Amaranthus hybridus subsp. caudatus (L.) Iamonico & Galasso, Ital. Botanist 4: 34. (2017)
• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Amaranthus abyssinicus hort. ex L.H.Bailey, Man. Cult. Pl. 252. (1924), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Amaranthus alopecurus Hochst. ex A.Braun & C.D.Bouché, Index Seminum [Berlin] 1. (1872)
  • Amaranthus anardana Buch.-Ham., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6903. (1832), nom. inval.
  • Amaranthus arardhanus Sweet, hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 3. 569. (1839)
  • Amaranthus berchtholdi hort. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 257. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Amaranthus cararu hort. Paris. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 274. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Amaranthus carneus hort. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 257. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Amaranthus caudatus subsp. saueri V.Jehlík, Preslia 62(2): 164 (1990) (1990).
  • Amaranthus cruentus Willd. ex Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 610. (1832), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Amaranthus cruentus L. 1759)
  • Amaranthus esculentus Besser, Cat. Hort. Volhyn. (1816) 9; ex Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. II. 266.
  • Amaranthus farinaceus Roxb. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 266. (1849)
  • Amaranthus guadeloupensis hort., Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 866. (1895), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Amaranthus guadelupensis hort. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 257. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Amaranthus incarnatus hort. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 257. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Amaranthus leucocarpus S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 347 (1875).
  • Amaranthus leucospermus S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 446 (1887), nom. illeg. superfl.
  • Amaranthus mantegazzianus Pass., in Hort. Parm. 4. (1864)
  • Amaranthus maximus Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 1: [unpaged] (1754).
  • Amaranthus montevidensis hort. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 257. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Amaranthus paniculatus Wall., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6904 (1832), nom. inval. (and later homonym of Amaranthus paniculatus L., (1763).
  • Amaranthus pendulinus hort. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 255. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Amaranthus pendulus hort. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 255. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Amaranthus purgans hort. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 257. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Amaranthus rubescens hort. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 257. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Amaranthus sanguineus L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 2: 1407 (1763).
  • Amaranthus sanguinolentus Schrad. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 267. (1849)
  • Amaranthus speciosus Sims, Bot. Mag. 48: t. 2227 (1821).
  • Amaranthus violaceus hort. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 257. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru Southern South America Argentina (n.w.) Introduced elsewhere. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 990. Reference page. .

Additional references

• Townsend, C.C. 1974. Amaranthaceae. In: Ali, S.I. (ed.) Flora of West Pakistan. Vol. 71. 49 pp. Stewart Herbarium, Gordon College (u.a.), Rawalpindi. eFloras Reference page. : Amaranthus caudatus.

Links

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

Vernacular names

አማርኛ: ሊሻሊሾ
azərbaycanca: Süpürgəvarı qaratərə
Deutsch: Garten-Fuchsschwanz
ދިވެހިބަސް: ރަތް މައްސާގު
English: Love-lies-bleeding
español: Quihuicha, Chenille, Cresta de Gallo, Rabo de Gato
فارسی: بستان‌افروز
suomi: Punarevonhäntä
français: Amarante queue-de-renard, Amarante caudée
hornjoserbsce: Pyšny šćěrjenc
日本語: ヒモゲイトウ
lietuvių: Uodegotasis burnotis
मराठी: राजगिरा
Nederlands: Kattenstaartamarant
Runa Simi: Kiwicha
svenska: Rävsvans
中文: 尾穗苋

For more multimedia, look at Amaranthus caudatus on Wikimedia Commons.