Amaranthus wrightii

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 wrightii

Name

Amaranthus wrightii S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 275. (1877), as "Amarantus (Euamarantus) Wrightii"

• Lectotype (designated by N.D. Bayon 2015): United States, New Mexico, Grant: On the upper Rio Grande and Gila. Copper Mines. 1851-10-11, Charles (Carlos) Wright #1748. Lectotype: GH GH00037019; Isolectotypes: GH00037004,K K000190110, K000190111, US US00106269.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, Utah South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Watson, S. 1877. Descriptions of new species of plants, with revisions of certain genera. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 12: 246–278. BHL Reference page. : 275

Additional references

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

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: Wright's amaranth