Amaranthus californicus

Amaranthus californicus

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 californicus

Name

Amaranthus californicus (Moq.) S.Watson, Bot. California [W.H.Brewer] 2: 42. 1880

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Mengea californica Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 270. 1849
    • Type: USA, California, July 1846, Hartweg #1930. Holotype: G-DC. Isotypes: K K000814917, K000814918.
• Heterotypic
  • Amaranthus albomarginatus Uline & W.L.Bray, Bot. Gaz. 19: 318. 1894
  • Amaranthus microphyllus Shinners,Sida 1: 248. 1964

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Western Canada Alberta, Saskatchewan Northwestern U.S.A. Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming North-Central U.S.A. Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota Southwestern U.S.A. California, Nevada, Utah South-Central U.S.A. Texas Mexico Baja California Norte Southern America Central America Panama References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Watson, S. 1880. Geological Survey of California, Botany, Vol. 2. 563 pps. John Wilson and son, Cambridge (Mass.) BHL Reference page. : 42
• 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. : 270

Additional references

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

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus californicus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 12. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Amaranthus californicus. 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. 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amaranthus californicus. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 12 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus californicus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Aug. 2019.

Vernacular names

English: California amaranth

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