Amaranthus obcordatus

Taxonavigation

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

Amaranthus obcordatus (A.Gray) Standl., N. Amer. Fl. 21(2): 107. (1917)

Basionym
- Amblogyna urceolata var. obcordata A.Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 5: 168. (1861), as "Amblogyne"
  - Type: U.S.A, Texas: Valley between Ojo de Gavilan and Condes Camp. 1851-08-31, C. Wright #1746. Types: GH00037001, GH00135198.
Homotypic
- Amaranthus urceolatus var. obcordatus (A.Gray) Uline & W.L.Bray, Bot. Gaz. 19: 269. (1894)
Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019)
- Amaranthus urceolatus var. jonesii Uline & W.L.Bray, Bot. Gaz. 19: 269. (1894)
- Amaranthus jonesii (Uline & W.L.Bray) Kov., Nauchni Trudove Selskost. Inst. "Vasil Kolarov" 23: 49. (1978)

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas Mexico Mexico Northwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Standley, P.C. 1917. Amaranthaceae. pp. 95–169. In: North American Flora. Vol. 21, Part 2. The New York Botanical Garden. BHL Reference page. : 107
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
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. : 269

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

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus obcordatus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 20. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Amaranthus obcordatus. 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. 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amaranthus obcordatus. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 20 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus obcordatus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Aug. 2019.

English: Trans-Pecos Amaranth