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Taxon:
Amaranthus dubius
Mart. ex Thell.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Amaranthus
Subgenus:
Amaranthus
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Nomen number:
101534
Place of publication:
Fl. adv. Montpellier 203. 1912 Jan (Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 38(sér. 4, vol. 8):679. 1912; P. F. A. Ascherson & K. O. R. P. P. Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5(1):265. 1914)
Verified:
05/26/2004
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
Adams, C.
1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Brenner, D. M. et al.
2000. Genetic resources and breeding of
Amaranthus
. Pl. Breed. Rev. 19:227-285.
Chan, K. F. & M. Sun.
1997. Genetic diversity and relationships detected by isozyme and RAPD analysis of crop and wild species of
Amaranthus
. Theor. Appl. Genet. 95:865-873.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122
Note:
four accessions represented
Amaranthus dubius
, a vegetable crop clustered based on isozyme and RAPD data within the same group as grain amaranths and
A, hybridus
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Exell, A. W. et al., eds.
1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
URL:
http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Amaranthus+dubius&quantity=1
Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed.
1986-. Flora of the Guianas.
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
URL:
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Hansen, A. & P. Sunding.
1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
Macbride, J. F. et al., eds.
1936-. Flora of Peru
Note:
1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
Mansfeld, R.
1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Sauer, J. D.
1967. The grain amaranths and their relatives: a revised taxonomic and geographic survey. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 54:122-126.
URL:
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/702#/summary
Singh, N. P. et al., eds.
2001-2002. Flora of Maharashtra state.
Smith, A. C.
1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed.
1948-. Flora malesiana.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Villaseñor, J. L.
2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902.
Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds.
1989. A selection. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) A:34.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Note:
mentions
Wiggins, I. L. & D. M. Porter.
1971. Flora of the Galapagos islands.
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
spleen amaranth –
Reference(s)
French
brède de Malabar –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
carurú –
Reference(s)
Spanish
bledo –
Reference(s)
bledos malezas –
Reference(s)
pira –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Northern Mexico
Mexico
Nuevo León
1
Native
Northern America
Northern Mexico
Mexico
Sonora
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Campeche
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Chiapas
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Colima
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Guerrero
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Jalisco
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Morelos
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Quintana Roo
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Tabasco
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Yucatán
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
West Indies
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Central America
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
French Guiana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Guyana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Suriname
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
2
Cultivated
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
2
Cultivated
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Benin
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Sierra Leone
2
Cultivated
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
2
Cultivated
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Lesser Sunda Islands
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Papuasia
New Guinea
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Caribbean
West Indies
4
Naturalized
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
4
Naturalized
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
4
Naturalized
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
4
Naturalized
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
4
Naturalized
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zambia
4
Naturalized
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zimbabwe
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Maharashtra
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Jawa
4
Naturalized
Europe
Europe
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Florida
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Fiji
Native
Northern America
NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Nuevo León, Sonora]
SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Morelos, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
West Indies
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Central America
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
,
Guyana
,
Suriname
,
Venezuela
BRAZIL:
Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
Cultivated
Africa
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin
,
Ghana
,
Nigeria
,
Sierra Leone
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Sri Lanka
PAPUASIA:
New Guinea
MALESIA:
Indonesia
[Lesser Sunda Islands]
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
West Indies
Naturalized
Africa
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique
,
Zambia
,
Zimbabwe
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
[Maharashtra],
Sri Lanka
MALESIA:
Indonesia
[Jawa]
Europe
REGION:
Europe
Northern America
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Florida]
Pacific
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
vegetable
used like spinach
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References