Amaranthus caudatus L.

AMARANTHACEAE

- Amaranth family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Amaranthus caudatus L.

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

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Common names

U.S. name: Love-lies-bleeding

English name: foxtail

English name: foxtail amaranth

Spanish name: trigo del Inca

French name: queue de renard

Italian name: Amaranto coda rossa

German name: Inkaweizen

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual

Synonyms:
= Amaranthus edulis Speg.

TAXONOMY

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

Page counter: 675 ( AVG: 221.96 / 290.979 )

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Amaranthus caudatus
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Amaranthus caudatus
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Amaranthus caudatus
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Amaranthus caudatus
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Villa de San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Parque Botanico de Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spagna, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Amaranthus caudatus
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, ID, IL, KS, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NY, OR, PA, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI), USA+ (Puerto Rico)

Distributional map for Amaranthus caudatus L.
Map for Amaranthus caudatus 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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4) Amaranthus dubius Mart. ex Thell. [427]
5) Amaranthus fimbriatus (Torr.) Benth. ex S. Watson var. denticulatus (Torr.) Uline & Bray [140]
6) Amaranthus gracilis Desf. [153]
7) Amaranthus hybridus L. [2754]
8) Amaranthus leucocarpus S. Watson [149]
9) Amaranthus myrianthus Standl. [130]
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