Amaranthus thunbergii

Amaranthus thunbergii

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 thunbergii

Name

Amaranthus thunbergii Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 262 (1849)

• Type locality: South Africa, Cape of Good Hope.
• Syntype: Thunberg herb Hook.
• Syntype: South Africa: In sol. argillaceo Zitzikammae. 1839-03, Krauss, C.F.F. v. #s.n. Isosyntype: M0241407.

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Amaranthus albus Thunb., Fl. Cap. (Thunberg, ed. 2) 215. (1823), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Amaranthus albus L.)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Zaïre Northeast Tropical Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland Introduced into: Germany, South Carolina, St.Helena. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Amarantaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 231–424. Masson, Paris. BHL. Reference page. 
• Thunberg, C.P. & Schultes, J.A. (ed.) 1823. Flora Capensis: sistens plantas promontorii Bonae Spei Africes: secundum systema sexuale emendatum. (Ed. 2). Stuttgardtiae: J.G. Cottae. MDZReader Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus thunbergii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 22. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Amaranthus thunbergii. 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. 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amaranthus thunbergii. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 22 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus thunbergii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Aug. 2019.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Rooimisbredie
English: Thunberg's Amaranth

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