Amaranthus tenuifolius

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 tenuifolius

Name

Amaranthus tenuifolius Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1): 381. (1805)

• Type: "Habitat in India orientali." Willdenow #17491. Holotype: B; Isotype: s.coll., #s.n. K K000814925.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Mengea tenuifolia (Willd.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 271. (1849).

Homonyms

• Amaranthus tenuifolius Wall., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6893 (1832), nom. inval. = synonym of Amaranthus blitum L.
• Amaranthus tenuifolius sensu Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 602. (1832), misapplied name, (cites Willd.) = synonym of Amaranthus blitum L.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Bangladesh, India, Nepal References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Willdenow, C.L. 1805. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta. Tomus 4, pars 1. pp. [1]–629. Berolini: G.C. Nauk. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 381.
• 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. : 271

Additional references

• Townsend, C.C. 1974. Amaranthaceae. In: Flora of Pakistan Vol. 71. 49 pp. eFloras 2008 Reference page. : Amaranthus tenuifolius

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus tenuifolius 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. 22. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Amaranthus tenuifolius. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amaranthus tenuifolius. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 22 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus tenuifolius. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 22.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Amaranthus tenuifolius in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.