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Amaranthus cruentus

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Amaranthus cruentus

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 cruentus

Name

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Amaranthus cruentus L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1269. (1759)

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Amaranthus paniculatus var. cruentus (L.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 257. (1849)
    • Amaranthus hybridus subsp. cruentus (L.) Thell., Fl. Advent. Montpellier 205. (1912)
    • Amaranthus hybridus var. cruentus (L.) Mansf., Kulturpflanze 2: 54. (1959)
  • Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
    • Amaranthus aureus Besser, Cat. Hort. Volhyn. (1816) 8.
    • Amaranthus bernhardi hort. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 258. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
    • Amaranthus caudatus f. oblongopetalus Suess.
    • Amaranthus caudatus var. pseudopaniculatus Suess.
    • Amaranthus chlorostachys Willd., Hist. Amaranth. 34 (t. 10, fig. 19) (1790).
    • Amaranthus cruentus var. albus Saubhik Das, Nordic J. Bot. 30(4): 418 (2012).
    • Amaranthus dussii Sprenger, Bull. R. Soc. Tosc. Ort 21: 178 (1896).
    • Amaranthus flavus L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1269 (1759).
    • Amaranthus frumentaceus Buch.-Ham., Fl. Ind. (Roxburgh) 3: 699 (1832).
    • Amaranthus hybridus Vell., Fl. Flumin. Icon. 10: t. 28 (1831), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Amaranthus hybridus L., 1753).
    • Amaranthus hybridus subsp. incurvatus (Timeroy ex Gren. & Godr.) Brenan, Watsonia 4 (1957).
    • Amaranthus hypochondriacus var. subdubius Suess.
    • Amaranthus laxiflorus Comell. ex Pollini, Fl. Veron. iii. 114 (1824).
    • Amaranthus paniculatus L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 2: 1406 (1763).
    • Amaranthus cruentus var. paniculatus (L.) Thell.
    • Amaranthus hybridus var. paniculatus (L.) Thell., Fl. Advent. Montpellier 205 (1912).
    • Amaranthus hybridus subsp. paniculatus (L.) Heijný, in Dostál: Květena ČSR 444. (1950).
    • Amaranthus patulus Bertol., Comment. Itin. Neapol. 171, t. 12 (1837).
    • Amaranthus cruentus var. patulus (Bertol.) Lambinon, Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 47(1-2): 247 (1977).
    • Amaranthus hybridus subsp. patulus (Bertol.) Carretero, Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 11: 127 (1979).
    • Amaranthus hybridus var. patulus (Bertol.) Thell., Fl. Advent. Montpellier 206. (1912).
    • Galliaria patula (Bertol.) Bubani, Fl. Pyren. (Bubani) 1: 187 (1897).
    • Amaranthus spicatus Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs. 585. (1832) (later homonym of Amaranthus spicatus Lam., 1779).
    • Amaranthus timeroyi Jord. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 259 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
    • Amaranthus trivialis Rota, Giorn. Bot. Ital. ii. II; 287. (1846)

Homonyms

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Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá

widely naturalized, cosmopolitan.


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

References

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Additional references

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

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Deutsch: Rispen-Fuchsschwanz
English: Purple Amaranth, Red Amaranth, Mexican Grain Amaranth
español: Huautli, Alegría
suomi: Purppurarevonhäntä
français: Amarante Rouge
hornjoserbsce: Wisaty šćěrjenc
日本語: スギモリゲイトウ
lietuvių: Šluotinis burnotis
polski: Szarłat wyniosły
svenska: Blodamarant
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