Amaranthus urceolatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Amaranthus urceolatus Benth., Bot. Voy. Sulphur: 158. (1846)

Type: Ecuador: Guayas: Guayaquil. Sinclair #s.n. Type: K K000190108; probable Isotype: K000591164.

Homotypic
- Amblogyna urceolata (Benth.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 269. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
- Amblogyna urceolata (Benth.) A.Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 5: 168. (1861), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Amblogyna urceolata (Andersson) Andersson 1857-61)
- Sarratia urceolata (Benth.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 269. (1849)
Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
- Amaranthus haughtii Standl., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 149. (1936)

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Bentham, G. 1844–1846. The botany of the voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R.N., C.B., F.R.G.S, etc. during the years 1836–42. 195 pp., 60 tt. Smith, Elder and Co., London. BHL Reference page. : 158
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
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. : 269

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus urceolatus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 05. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Amaranthus urceolatus. 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. 05. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amaranthus urceolatus. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 05 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus urceolatus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Sept. 2019.