Amaranthus watsonii

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 watsonii

Name

Amaranthus watsonii Standl., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 41: 505. (1914), as "Watsoni"

• Lectotype (designated by Sauer, J. 1955, Madroño 13(1): 38.): Mexico, Yucatán. On sand near Guaymas. 1887-10, Edward Palmer #312. Lectotype: US US00106268; Isolectotypes: GH GH00037035, US01013502, US01013512.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019)
  • Amaranthus torreyi var. suffruticosus Uline & W.L.Bray, Bot. Gaz. 19: 272. (1894)
  • Amaranthus torreyi f. prostratus Farw., Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 1: 93. (1923)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California Mexico Mexico Northwest Introduced into Greece. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Standley, P.C. 1914. New or notable species of Amaranthus. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 41(10): 505–510. BHL Reference page. : 505
• Sauer, J. 1955. Revision of the dioecious Amaranths. Madroño 13(1): 5–46. BHL Reference page. : 38
• 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. : 272

Additional references

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

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus watsonii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 10. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Amaranthus watsonii. 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 Sept. 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amaranthus watsonii. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 10 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus watsonii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Sept. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Amaranthus watsonii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 10.

Vernacular names

English: Watson's amaranth