Amaranthus mitchellii

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 mitchellii

Name

Amaranthus mitchellii Benth., Fl. Austral. 5: 214. (1870)

• Lectotype (designated by Palmer 2009: 121-122.): Australia: Narran River, [probably New South Wales]. 1846-03-24, T.L. Mitchell s.n. Lectotype: K K000356723; Isolectotypes: BM BM000894979 (top right-hand specimen only), MEL MEL 59723.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Euxolus mitchellii (Benth.) F.Muell., in E.Giles, Geogr. Trav. Centr. Austr.: 214. (1875)
• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
  • Amaranthus mitchellii var. strictifolius Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 89: 78. (1921)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Australasia Australia New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bentham, G. & Mueller, F.J.H. v. 1870. Flora Australiensis: a description of the plants of the Australian territory. Volume 5. Myoporineae to Proteaceae. 599 pp., London, L. Reeve & co. BHLReference page. : 214

Additional references

• Palmer, J. 2009. A conspectus of the genus Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae) in Australia. Nuytsia 19: 107–128. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) 2019. Amaranthus mitchellii Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian National Botanic Gardens & Australian National Herbarium. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 19.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus mitchellii 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 mitchellii. 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 mitchellii. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 19 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus mitchellii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Aug. 2019.

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