Amaranthus blitum L.

AMARANTHACEAE

- Amaranth family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Amaranthus blitum L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 990 (1753)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Purple amaranth

English name: Guernsey pigweed

English name: livid amaranth

Spanish name: bledo

French name: amarante livide

Italian name: Amaranto livido

German name: Ufer-Fuchsschwanz

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual

Synonyms:

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Amaranthus blitum L. ssp. emarginatus (Moq. ex Uline & Bray) Carretero, Garmendia & Pedrol
2) Amaranthus blitum L. var. blitum
3) Amaranthus blitum L. var. emarginatus (Moq. ex Uline & Bray) ?, ined.
4) Amaranthus blitum L. var. pseudogracilis (Thell.) Costea

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Amaranthus
Species:

Page counter: 1228 ( AVG: 222.31 / 291.376 )

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Amaranthus blitum
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Magione, località San Feliciano, presso un piccolo molo sul lago., PG, Umbria, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Amaranthus blitum
Credit: Photo by Giorgio Faggi

Amaranthus blitum
Credit: Photo by Daniela Longo

Amaranthus blitum

Amaranthus blitum
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Amaranthus blitum
Credit: Photo by Giorgio Faggi

Amaranthus blitum

Amaranthus blitum
Credit: Photo by Giorgio Faggi

Amaranthus blitum
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired.

Amaranthus blitum

Amaranthus blitum
Jan Kops et al. - Flora Batava - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

Amaranthus blitum
Credit: Photo by Giorgio Faggi

Amaranthus blitum
Credit: Photo by Daniela Longo

Amaranthus blitum

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, CA, CT, FL, GA, HI, LA, MA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA), USA+ (Puerto Rico), CAN (NS, ON, QC)

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Map for Amaranthus blitum L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Amaranthus blitum L. ssp. emarginatus (Moq. ex Uline & Bray) Carretero, Garmendia & Pedrol [156]
2) Amaranthus blitum L. var. emarginatus (Moq. ex Uline & Bray) ?, ined. [380]
3) Amaranthus bouchonii Thell. [132]
4) Amaranthus californicus (Moq.) S. Watson [470]
5) Amaranthus caudatus L. [675]
6) Amaranthus cruentus L. [1326]
7) Amaranthus fimbriatus (Torr.) Benth. ex S. Watson var. denticulatus (Torr.) Uline & Bray [140]
8) Amaranthus graecizans L. [978]
9) Amaranthus incurvatus Tim. ex Gren. & Godr. [93]
10) Amaranthus palmeri S. Watson [774]

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