Amaranthus viridis

Amaranthus viridis

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 viridis

Name

Amaranthus viridis L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 2: 1405. (1763)

• Type locality: "Habitat in Europa, Brasilia."
• Lectotype: Anon., #s.n.. LINN LINN-HL1117-15.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Glomeraria viridis (L.) Cav., Descr. Pl. 319. (1802)
  • Euxolus viridis (L.) Moq., Prodr. 13(2): 273. (1849)
  • Pyxidium viride (L.) Moq., Prodr. 13(2): 274. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Galliaria adscendens Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 1: 186. (1897)
  • Acnida alabamensis Standl., N. Am. Fl. 21: 121. (1917)
  • Chenopodium caudatum Jacq., Icon. Pl. Rar. 2(2): t. 344. (1789)
  • Euxolus caudatus (Jacq.) Moq., Prodr. 13(2): 274. (1849)
  • Albersia caudata (Jacq.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 4: 992. (1879)
  • Albersia emarginata Asch. ex Hausskn., Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 8: Gen. Vers. 121. (1890)
  • Amaranthus emarginatus Salzm. ex Moq., Prodr. 13(2): 274. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Albersia gracilis Webb & Berth., Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries (Phytogr.). 3: 287. (1846)
  • Amaranthus gracilis Desf., Tabl. École Bot. 43. (1804)
  • Amaranthus gracilis Poir., Lam., Encycl. Suppl. 1: 312. (1810)
  • Amaranthus fasciatus Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 609. (1832)
  • Amaranthus flexuosus Ambrosi, Fl. Tirolo Mer. 2: 187. (1857)
  • Amaranthus littoralis Bernh., in Hort. Tur. (1813), ex Moq., DC. Prodr. 13(2): 274. (1849), nom. inval. in syn. (and later homonym of Amaranthus littoralis Hornem., 1815)
  • Amaranthus polystachyus Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1): 385. (1805)
  • Albersia polystachya (Willd.) Kunth, Fl. Berol. ed. 2 2: 144. (1838)
  • Euxolus polystachyus (Willd.) Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. i. I. 1036. (1858)

Homonyms

• Amaranthus viridis All., Fl. Pedem. ii. 19. (1785), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Mexico Mexico Southeast Southern America Central America Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Caribbean Aruba, Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. Northern South America French Guiana, Venezuela Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay Introduced elsewhere. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1763. Species Plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Editio secunda. Tomus II, Pp. 785–1684, [1–64, indexes]. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 1405
• 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. : 273–274

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus viridis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 10. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Amaranthus viridis. 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 Sept. 10.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amaranthus viridis. Published online. Accessed Sept. 10 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus viridis . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 10.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Amaranthus viridis L. in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2019-09-10.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Grüner Amarant
English: Slender Amaranth, Green Amaranth, Pakai
español: Amaranto Verde, Bledo Verde, Bleo, Moco Pavo
suomi: Hentorevonhäntä
français: Amarante Verte
Hausa: Rukuɓu
Fiji Hindi: Choraiya
italiano: Amaranto verde
日本語: ホナガイヌビユ, アオビユ
português: Caruru
తెలుగు: చిలక తోటకూర
Tagalog: kalunay
lea faka-Tonga: tupuʻa, longolongoʻuha
中文: 皱果苋

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