Amaranthus palmeri

Amaranthus palmeri

Taxonavigation edit

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 palmeri

Name edit

Amaranthus palmeri S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 274. (1877)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona, California, Nevada
    • South-Central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico, Texas
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest

Introduced elsewhere. (ref. Govaerts 2019)


References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

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

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

English: Palmer's amaranth, Palmer's pigweed, carelessweed
suomi: Rassirevonhäntä
日本語: オオホナガアオゲイトウ
中文(简体): 长芒苋
中文(繁體): 長芒莧
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