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. TDWG – 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 online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 20. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Amaranthus pumilus. 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. 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amaranthus pumilus. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 20 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus pumilus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Aug. 2019.

Vernacular names

English: seaside amaranth, sea beach amaranth

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