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Amaranthus australis

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Taxonavigation

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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 australis

Name

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Amaranthus australis (A.Gray) J.D.Sauer, Madroño 13: 15. (1955)

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
    • Acnida australis A.Gray, Amer. Naturalist 10: 489. (1876)
      • Lectotype (designated by Sauer 1955: 15): United States: Apalachicola. A.W. Chapman #s.n. Lectotype: GH GH00254089.
  • Homotypic
    • Acnida cannabina var. australis (A.Gray) Uline & W.L.Bray, Bot. Gaz. 20: 157. (1895)
  • Heterotypic
    • Acnida alabamensis Standl., N. Amer. Fl. 21(2): 121. (1917)
    • Acnida cuspidata Bertero ex Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3: 903. (1826)
    • Acnida cannabina var. cuspidata (Bertero ex Spreng.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 277. (1849)

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • South-Central U.S.A.
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina,
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Colombia

Introduced into Suriname


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

References

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Southern Amaranth, Southern Water-Hemp