Taxon:
Gomphrena globosa L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:224. 1753
Verified:
01/05/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
bachelor's-button – common globe-amaranth – globe-amaranth – French
amarantine – German
Kugelamarant – Japanese Rōmaji
sennichikō – Spanish
amarantina – amor seco – eterna – Swedish
klotamarant – Transcribed Chinese
qian ri hong –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
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 | Rwanda | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Saudi Arabia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Korea | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Laos | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Papua New Guinea | | |
2 | Cultivated | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
2 | Cultivated | Northern America | | United States | | |
2 | Cultivated | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
2 | Cultivated | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Cabo Verde | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Honshu | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Laos | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Papua New Guinea | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | e. & s. |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Marshall Islands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Micronesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | United States | Guam | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Kiribati | Gilbert Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Barbados | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Cayman Islands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominica | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Grenada | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Montserrat | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Kitts and Nevis | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
6 | Other | | | | | exact native range obscure, probable origin neotropics |
Cultivated
Africa
-
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt
-
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia
-
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
-
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon, Rwanda
-
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Nigeria, Sierra Leone
-
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia
-
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
-
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Temperate
-
ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Saudi Arabia, Yemen
-
CHINA:
China
-
EASTERN ASIA:
Korea
Asia-Tropical
-
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
-
PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
-
INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
-
MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
Northern America
Pacific
-
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
-
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
Southern America
-
CARIBBEAN:
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, United States [Puerto Rico]
-
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua
-
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
-
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Ecuador, Peru
Naturalized
Africa
-
MACARONESIA:
Cabo Verde
-
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
-
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
-
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola
-
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
Asia-Temperate
-
EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Honshu]
Asia-Tropical
-
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
-
PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
-
INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
-
MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Northern America
-
REGION:
United States (e. & s.)
Pacific
-
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia, Marshall Islands, United States [Guam]
-
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Kiribati [Gilbert Islands]
Southern America
-
CARIBBEAN:
Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, United States [Puerto Rico], St. Vincent and Grenadines
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Guatemala, Nicaragua
-
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
-
BRAZIL:
Brazil
-
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Ecuador
Other
(exact native range obscure, probable origin neotropics)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Environmental | ornamental | | Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora. |
Harmful organism host | crop diseases | | Ellis, M. A. 1997. Compendium of raspberry and blackberry diseases and insects. The disease compendium series. 55. |
Harmful organism host | crop diseases | | Ryder, E. J. 1999. Lettuce, endive and chicory. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 9:134. Note: mentions |