Amaranthus viridis

Amaranthus viridis

Taxonavigation

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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 viridis

Name

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Amaranthus viridis L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 2: 1405. (1763)

  • Type locality: "Habitat in Europa, Brasilia."
  • Lectotype: Anon., #s.n.. LINN LINN-HL1117-15.

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Glomeraria viridis (L.) Cav., Descr. Pl. 319. (1802)
    • Euxolus viridis (L.) Moq., Prodr. 13(2): 273. (1849)
    • Pyxidium viride (L.) Moq., Prodr. 13(2): 274. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
    • Galliaria adscendens Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 1: 186. (1897)
    • Acnida alabamensis Standl., N. Am. Fl. 21: 121. (1917)
    • Chenopodium caudatum Jacq., Icon. Pl. Rar. 2(2): t. 344. (1789)
    • Euxolus caudatus (Jacq.) Moq., Prodr. 13(2): 274. (1849)
    • Albersia caudata (Jacq.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 4: 992. (1879)
    • Albersia emarginata Asch. ex Hausskn., Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 8: Gen. Vers. 121. (1890)
    • Amaranthus emarginatus Salzm. ex Moq., Prodr. 13(2): 274. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
    • Albersia gracilis Webb & Berth., Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries (Phytogr.). 3: 287. (1846)
    • Amaranthus gracilis Desf., Tabl. École Bot. 43. (1804)
    • Amaranthus gracilis Poir., Lam., Encycl. Suppl. 1: 312. (1810)
    • Amaranthus fasciatus Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 609. (1832)
    • Amaranthus flexuosus Ambrosi, Fl. Tirolo Mer. 2: 187. (1857)
    • Amaranthus littoralis Bernh., in Hort. Tur. (1813), ex Moq., DC. Prodr. 13(2): 274. (1849), nom. inval. in syn. (and later homonym of Amaranthus littoralis Hornem., 1815)
    • Amaranthus polystachyus Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1): 385. (1805)
    • Albersia polystachya (Willd.) Kunth, Fl. Berol. ed. 2 2: 144. (1838)
    • Euxolus polystachyus (Willd.) Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. i. I. 1036. (1858)

Homonyms

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Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Southeast
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
    • Caribbean
      • Aruba, Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana, Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay

Introduced elsewhere.


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

References

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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Deutsch: Grüner Amarant
English: Slender Amaranth, Green Amaranth, Pakai
español: Amaranto Verde, Bledo Verde, Bleo, Moco Pavo
suomi: Hentorevonhäntä
français: Amarante Verte
Hausa: Rukuɓu
Fiji Hindi: Choraiya
italiano: Amaranto verde
日本語: ホナガイヌビユ, アオビユ
português: Caruru
తెలుగు: చిలక తోటకూర
Tagalog: kalunay
lea faka-Tonga: tupuʻa, longolongoʻuha
中文: 皱果苋
 
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