Amaranthus polygonoides

Amaranthus polygonoides (fig. 2, lectotype )

Amaranthus polygonoides

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 polygonoides

Name

Amaranthus polygonoides L., Pl. Jamaic. Pug. 27. (1759)

• Lectotype (designated by Henrickson 1999, Sida 18: 797.): Jamaica. Sloane, Voy. Madera Jamaica t. 92, f. 2 (1707). Lectotype: BM (Herb. Sloane 2: 116).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Albersia polygonoides (L.) Kunth, Fl. Berol., ed. 2, 2: 144. (1823)
  • Amblogyna polygonoides (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 42. (1837)
  • Glomeraria polygonoides (L.) Cav., Elench. Pl. Horti Matr.: 17. (1803)
  • Roemeria polygonoides (L.) Moench, Methodus: 341. (1794)
  • Sarratia polygonoides (L.) Moq., in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 270. (1849)
  • Euxolus polygonoides (L.) Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 35: p. 122. (1921), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Euxolus polygonoides Thwaites, 1861).
• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
  • Amaranthus berlandieri (Moq.) Uline & W.L.Bray, Bot. Gaz. 19: 268. (1894)
  • Amaranthus taishanensis F.Z.Li & C.K.Ni, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 19: 116. (1981)
  • Sarratia berlandieri Moq., in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 268. (1849)
• (+ ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Amaranthus blitum Rchb. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 69. (1840), nom. inval.
  • Amaranthus verticillatus Pav. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 270. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.

Homonyms

• Amaranthus polygonoides Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 602. (1832), nom. illeg.
• Amaranthus polygonoides Zoll. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 274. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas Southeastern U.S.A. Florida, South Carolina Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Southern America Central America Belize, Guatemala, Honduras Caribbean Aruba, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Windward Is. Introduced into: Belgium, China Southeast, Finland, Germany, India, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Trinidad-Tobago References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1759. Plantarum Jamaicensium Pugillus. Upsaliae. Hathitrust Reference page. : 27

Additional references

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

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus polygonoides 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 polygonoides. 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 polygonoides. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 20 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus polygonoides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Aug. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Amaranthus polygonoides in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Tropical Amaranth
suomi: Suppilorevonhäntä

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