Amaranthus tricolor

Amaranthus tricolor

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 tricolor

Name

Amaranthus tricolor L., Sp. Pl. 2: 989. 1753

Lectotype (designated by Townsend 1974: 14.): LINN: LINN 1117.7.

Synonyms

• Homotypic

• • Glomeraria tricolor (L.) Cav., Elench. Pl. Horti Matr. 17. (1803)
  • Amaranthus melancholicus var. tricolor (L.) Moq., Prodr. 13(2): 262. (1849).
• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2018)

• • Amaranthus amboinicus Buch.-Ham., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6987 (1832).
  • Amaranthus bicolor Nocca ex Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1): 384 (1805).
  • Glomeraria bicolor (Willd.) Cav. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 262 (1849).
  • Amaranthus cuspidatus Vis., Cat. Hort. Patav. (1841).
  • Amaranthus gangeticus L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1268 (1759).
  • Blitum gangeticum (L.) Moench, Methodus (Moench) 359 (1794).
  • Amaranthus inamoenus Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1): 386 (1805); Amar. 14.
  • Amaranthus incomptus Willd., Enum. Pl. Suppl. [Willdenow] 64 (1814).
  • Amaranthus japonicus Houtt. ex Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1): 386, in syn. (1805).
  • Amaranthus japonicus Houtt.. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 36 (1821).4(1): 386, in syn. (1805).
  • Amaranthus lancifolius Roxb., Hort. Bengal.: 67 (1814)
  • Amaranthus lanceolatus Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 607 (1832)
  • Amaranthus lividus Roxb., Fl. Ind. iii. 605. (later homonym of Amaranthus lividus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 990. 1753).
  • Amaranthus mangostanus L., Cent. Pl. I. 32 (1755).
  • Amaranthus tricolor subsp. mangostanus (L.) Aellen, In: Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. ed. 2, 3: 495. (1959)
  • Amaranthus melancholicus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 989 (1753).
  • Amaranthus tricolor var. melancholicus Lam.
  • Blitum melancholicum (L.) Moench, Methodus: 359 (1794)
  • Amaranthus mucronatus hort. Petrop. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 720 (1885) (later homonym of Amaranthus mucronatus Poir., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 1. 311. 1810).
  • Amaranthus oleraceus Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 605. (1832) (later homonym of Amaranthus oleraceus L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 2: 1403. 1763).
  • Amaranthus gangeticus var. oleraceus (Roxb.) Haines, Bot. Bihar Orissa pt. 5: 763. (1924)
  • Amaranthus polygamus L., Cent. Pl. I. 32 (1755).
  • Amaranthus rotundifolius herb. Par. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 261 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Amaranthus splendens hort., Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 868, in syn. (1895).
  • Amaranthus tricolor f. splendens Voss
  • Amaranthus tricolor var. acutus S.Das, Phytotaxa 88(2): 27. (2013)
  • Amaranthus tristis L., Sp. Pl. 2: 989 (1753).
  • Amaranthus tricolor subsp. tristis (L.) Aellen, In: Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. ed. 2, 3: 495. (1959)
  • Amaranthus gangeticus var. tristis Prain, Bengal pl. 870. (1903)
  • Pyxidium gangeticum (L.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 261 (1849), nom. inval.
  • Pyxidium melancholicum (L.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 262 (1849), nom. inval.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
(ref. Govaerts 2019) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka Indo-China Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam Malesia Borneo, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Philippines Papuasia Solomon Is. Cultivated /introduced elsewhere References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 989. Reference page. 
• Cavanilles, A.J. 1803. Elenchus Plantarum Horti Regni Botanici Matritensis. Anno M.DCCC.III. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 17
• 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. : [1], 262

Additional references

• Townsend, C.C. 1974. Amaranthaceae. In: Ali, S.I. (ed.) Flora of West Pakistan. Vol. 71. 49 pp. Stewart Herbarium, Gordon College (u.a.), Rawalpindi. eFloras Reference page. : Amaranthus tricolor
• Iamonico, D. 2014. Amaranthus gangeticus (Amaranthaceae), a name incertae sedis. Phytotaxa 162(5): 299–300. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.162.5.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus tricolor 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 tricolor. 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 tricolor. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 05 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus tricolor. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Sept. 2019.

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Üçrəng qaratərə
English: Joseph's coat
español: Bledo morisco
suomi: Kirjorevonhäntä
français: Amaranthe tricolore
日本語: ヒユ（広義）, subsp. tricolor: ハゲイトウ, var. mangostanus: ヒユ
lietuvių: Trispalvis burnotis
മലയാളം: മധുരച്ചീര
português: Tampala
தமிழ்: சிறுகீரை
吴语: 米苋
中文（简体）: 苋
中文（繁體）: 莧

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