Amaranthus pumilus

Amaranthus pumilus

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 pumilus

Name

Amaranthus pumilus Raf., Med. Repos. ser. 2, 5: 360. (1808)

• Type locality: New Jersey, Island at Egg-Harbour.
• Lectotype (designated by Macklin, Moore & Lendemer, 2005: 275): United States, New Jersey, Mant(ua). C.S. Rafinesque s.n. Lectotype: PH: PH00002353

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Euxolus pumilus (Raf.) Chapm., Fl. South. U.S. 381. (1860)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America (coastal) Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Masachusettes (extinct), New Jersey (extinct), New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode I. Southeastern U.S.A. Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina , Virginia (extinct) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Rafinesque-Schmaltz, C.G. 1808. Essential generic and specific characters of some new genusses and species of plants, observed in the United States of America, in 1803 and 1804. The Medical Repository ser. 2, 5: 356–363. Hathitrust Reference page. : 360
• Macklin, J.A., Moore, G. & Lendemer, J.C.. 2005. Typification of seabeach amaranth, Amaranthus pumilus (Amaranthaceae). Brittonia 57(3): 273–275. DOI: 10.1663/0007-196X(2005)057[0273:TOSAAP]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. : 275
• Chapman, A.W. 1860. Flora of the Southern United States; Containing Abridged Descriptions of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida: Arranged According to the Natural System. The ferns by D.C. Eaton. New York: Ivison, Phinney & co. BHL Reference page. : 381

Additional references

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

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus pumilus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 20.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Amaranthus pumilus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 20.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amaranthus pumilus. Published online. Accessed Aug. 20 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus pumilus . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 20.

Vernacular names

English: seaside amaranth, sea beach amaranth

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