Amaranthus spinosus

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 spinosus

Name

Amaranthus spinosus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 991. 1753

Type Location: "Habitat in Indiis". Lectotype (designated by Fawcett & Randle 1914: 130.): LINN LINN.1117.27.

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Galliaria spinosa (L.) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 278. 1914
Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
- Amaranthus caracasanus Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 195. 1818
- Amaranthus coracanus Mart., Hort. Erlang. 197. 1814
(+ ref. Govaerts 2019)
- Amaranthus diacanthus Raf., Fl. Ludov.: 31 (1817)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America
- Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
Southern America
- Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
- Caribbean
  - Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Turks-Caicos Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
- Northern South America
  - 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

introduced elsewhere

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

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 991. Reference page.
Nieuwland, J.A. 1914. Notes on our local plants. - VI. American Midland Naturalist 3: 274–283. BHL Reference page. : 278
Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S. 1817–1818 ["1817"]. Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt. Tomus 2 (quarto ed.). 406 pp., tt. 97–192. Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 195
Martius, C.F.P. von 1814. Plantarum Horti academici Erlangensis enumeratio; adjectis specierum novarum vel minus cognitarum descriptionibus atque illustrationibus. Erlangae [Erlangen]: Hilpertianis. IV + 210 pp. Gallica Googlebooks Archive Reference page. : 197

Additional references

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

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus spinosus 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 spinosus. 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 spinosus. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 22 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus spinosus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Aug. 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Spiny Amaranth, Prickly Amaranth, Thorny Amaranth, Spiny Pigweed
español: Amaranto Espinoso, Bledo Espinoso, Ojo de Pescado, Pira Brava, Huisquilete con Espinas
suomi: Piikkirevonhäntä
Bahasa Indonesia: Bayam duri
日本語: ハリビユ
Bahasa Melayu: Pokok Bayam Duri
Chi-Chewa: Bonongwe
தமிழ்: முள்ளுக்கீரை
తెలుగు: ముళ్ళ తోటకూర
中文: 刺莧