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. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Willdenow, C.L. 1805. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta. Tomus 4, pars 1. Berolini: G.C. Nauk. BHL 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.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Amaranthus tenuifolius. 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. 22.
• 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 on 09-Oct-10.