Amaranthus obcordatus

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 obcordatus

Name

Amaranthus obcordatus (A.Gray) Standl., N. Amer. Fl. 21(2): 107. (1917)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Amblogyna urceolata var. obcordata A.Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 5: 168. (1861), as "Amblogyne"
    • Type: U.S.A, Texas: Valley between Ojo de Gavilan and Condes Camp. 1851-08-31, C. Wright #1746. Types: GH00037001, GH00135198.
• Homotypic
  • Amaranthus urceolatus var. obcordatus (A.Gray) Uline & W.L.Bray, Bot. Gaz. 19: 269. (1894)
• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019)
  • Amaranthus urceolatus var. jonesii Uline & W.L.Bray, Bot. Gaz. 19: 269. (1894)
  • Amaranthus jonesii (Uline & W.L.Bray) Kov., Nauchni Trudove Selskost. Inst. "Vasil Kolarov" 23: 49. (1978)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas Mexico Mexico Northwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Standley, P.C. 1917. Amaranthaceae. pp. 95–169. In: North American Flora. Vol. 21, Part 2. The New York Botanical Garden. BHL Reference page. : 107
• Gray, A. 1861. Enumeration of a collection of dried plants made by L. J. Xantus, at cape San Lucas & c. in Lower California, between August, 1859, and February, 1860, and communicated to the Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 5: 153–173. BHL Reference page. : 168
• Uline, E.B. & Bray, W.L. 1894. A preliminary synopsis of the North American species of Amaranthus. Botanical Gazette 19(7): 267–272, 19(8): 313–320. BHL Reference page. : 269

Additional references

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

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: Trans-Pecos Amaranth