Amaranthus macrocarpus

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 macrocarpus

Subspecies: A. m. subsp. macrocarpus – A. m. subsp. pallidus

Name

Amaranthus macrocarpus Benth., Fl. Austral. 5: 216. (1870)

• Lectotype (designated by Palmer 2009: 120.): Australia: New South Wales, junction of the Murray & Darling. 1853-12, F. Mueller #s.n. Lectotype: MEL MEL59717; Isolectotypes: MEL59716, K K000357413 (left-hand side specimens only), NSW NSW16811.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Euxolus macrocarpus (Benth.) F.Muell., Syst. Census Austral. Pl. 1: 29. (1882)
• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Amaranthus macrocarpus var. melanocarpus Thell., Synops. Mitteleurop. Fl. 5(1): 311. (1914)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Australasia Australia New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bentham, G. & Mueller, F.J.H. v. 1870. Flora Australiensis: a description of the plants of the Australian territory. Volume 5. Myoporineae to Proteaceae. 599 pp., London, L. Reeve & co. BHLReference page. : 216

Additional references

• Palmer, J. 2009. A conspectus of the genus Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae) in Australia. Nuytsia 19: 107–128. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) 2019. Amaranthus macrocarpus Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian National Botanic Gardens & Australian National Herbarium. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 19.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus macrocarpus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 19. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Amaranthus macrocarpus. 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. 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amaranthus macrocarpus. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 19 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus macrocarpus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Aug. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Amaranthus macrocarpus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.