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Taxon:  Amaranthus blitum L.



Summary
Genus:
Amaranthus
Subgenus:
Albersia
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Nomen number:
2788
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:990. 1753
Comment:
J. D. Hooker (1885) was apparently the first to unite Amaranthus blitum L. and A. lividus L., two names of equal priority, and he selected A. blitum
Verified:
02/04/2003 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. blitum (0 active accession[s])
Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. emarginatus (Moq. ex Uline & Bray) Carretero et al. var. pseudogracilis (Thell.) Costea (0 active accession[s])
Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. emarginatus (Salzm. ex Uline & Bray) Carretero et al. (0 active accession[s])
Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. emarginatus (Salzm. ex Uline & Bray) Carretero et al. var. emarginatus (Salzm. ex Uline & Bray) Costea (0 active accession[s])
Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. oleraceus (L.) Costea (5 active accession[s])
Amaranthus blitum L. var. blitum (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). URL: http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/BSBI/taxonsearch.php
  3. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45 Note: = Amaranthus blitum var. blitum
  4. Brenan, J. P. M. & C. C. Townsend. 1980. (540) Proposal to reject Amaranthus blitum L. (Amaranthaceae) under Art. 69 in favor of A. lividus L. Taxon 29:695-696. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
  5. Brummitt, R. K. 1984. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 27. Taxon 33:298. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax Note: rejection proposal not recommended
  6. Costea, M. & F. J. Tardif. 2003. The biology of Canadian weeds. 126. Amaranthus albus L., A. blitoides S. Watson and A. blitum L. Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 83:1039-1065.
  7. Costea, M. et al. 2001. Notes on some little known Amaranthus taxa (Amaranthaceae) in the United States. Sida 19:977-986. URL: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8113#/summary
  8. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Note: = Amaranthus lividus L.
  9. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  10. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. URL: http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do Note: = Amaranthus lividus L.
  11. Fillias, F. et al. 1980. Amaranthus blitum vs. A. lividus (Amaranthaceae). Taxon 29:149-150. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
  12. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/
  13. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
  14. Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. 1986-. Flora of the Guianas.
  15. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  16. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. Note: = Amaranthus lividus L.
  17. Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
  18. Hügin, G. 1987. Einige Bemerkungen zu wenig bekannten Amaranthus - Sippen (Amaranthaceae) Mitteleuropas. Willdenowia 16:455. URL: http://www.bgbm.org/bgbmpress/willdenowia.htm
  19. 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
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  22. Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
  23. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: = Amaranthus lividus L.
  24. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: = Amaranthus lividus L.
  25. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, ed. 2. Note: = Amaranthus lividus L.
  26. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
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Common names
English
Guernsey pigweed –
livid amaranth –
purple amaranth –
slender amaranth –
Chinese
ao tou xian (凹头苋) –
French
amarante livide –
German
aufsteigender Amarant –
aufsteigender Fuchsschwanz –
Spanish
bledo –
Swedish
mållamarant –
Transcribed Chinese
ao tou xian –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaAnhui Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGansu Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHeilongjiang Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHenan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHunan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangsu Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJilin Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaLiaoning Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShandong Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShanxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeNorth Macedonia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2CultivatedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
2CultivatedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
2CultivatedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
2CultivatedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
4Naturalized    widely natzd.
6Other    exact native range obscure
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Turkey
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Turkmenistan
  • CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Heilongjiang Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Gansu Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Jilin Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Liaoning Sheng, Shanxi Sheng, Shandong Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, Hainan Sheng]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan, Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Laos, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Hungary
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Italy, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Cultivated
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece
Naturalized (widely natzd.)
Other (exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetable Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:84. URL: http://proseanet.org
Weed fide Weed TabCIBA. 1968, as Amaranthus lividusCIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope


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