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Amaranthus retroflexus L.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl.: 991.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Caryophyllales
family
Amaranthaceae
genus
Amaranthus
species
Amaranthus retroflexus

Name

Synonyms
Amaranthus bulgaricus Kov.
Amaranthus bullatus Besser
Amaranthus bullatus Besser ex Spreng.
Amaranthus chlorostachys Willd.
Amaranthus curvifolius Spreng.
Amaranthus delilei J.A.Richt. & Loret
Amaranthus dubius E.H.L.Krause
Amaranthus johnstonii Kov.
Amaranthus patulus subsp. delilei (Richt. & Loret) Nyman
Amaranthus recurvatus Desf.
Amaranthus retroflexus f. rubricaulis Thell.
Amaranthus retroflexus f. rubricaulis Thell. ex Probst
Amaranthus retroflexus subsp. delilei (Richt. & Loret) Tzvelev
Amaranthus retroflexus subsp. salicifolius I.M.Johnston
Amaranthus retroflexus var. delilei (Richt. & Loret) Thell.
Amaranthus retroflexus var. genuinus Thell.
Amaranthus retroflexus var. genuinus Thell. ex Probst
Amaranthus retroflexus var. major Moq.
Amaranthus retroflexus var. retroflexus
Amaranthus retroflexus var. rubricaulis Thell.
Homonyms
Amaranthus retroflexus L.
Common names
Ackerfuchsschwanz in German
Ackerfuchsschwanz in German
Amarante reflechie in French
Amarante reflechie in French
Amarante reflechie in French
Amarante réfléchie in French
Amarante réfléchie in French
Amarante réfléchie, Amaranthe à racines rouges, Blé rouge in French
Amaranto in Spanish
Amaranto comune in Italian
Amaranto comune in Italian
Amaranto comune in Italian
Amaranto comune in Italian
Amarantu in Sardinian
American Pigweed in English
American pigweed in English
American pigweed in English
Blet punxent in Catalan–Valencian
Blito in Italian
Blito in Italian
Blito in Italian
Blodau Amor in Welsh
Blodyn Amor in Welsh
Brèche de Malabar in French
Careless Weed in English
Carelessweed in English
Chwyn Moch in Welsh
Common Amaranth in English
Common Amaranth in English
Common Amaranth in English
Common Amaranth (EN); Zurückgebogener Amarant (DE) in language.
Common Amaranth (EN); Zurückgebogener Amarant (DE) in language.
Gookooshibag in Ojibwa
Marxant in Catalan–Valencian
Naazkaadii in Navajo
Opret amarant in Danish
Opret amarant in Danish
Opret amarant in Danish
Oštrodlakavi šćir in Croatian
Papegaaienkruid in Dutch
Papegaaienkruid in Dutch
Pigweed Redroot in English
Quelite de agua in Spanish
Rau-Fuchsschwanz in German
Rauhaariger Fuchsschwanz in German
Rauhaariger Fuchsschwanz in German
Rauhaariger Fuchsschwanz in German
Red-root Amaranth in English
Redroot in English
Redroot Amaranth in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Colling G., Helminger T., Krippel Y., Schneider S. & Daco L. 2025. - Red List of the Vascular Plants of Luxembourg. Ferrantia 93, Musée national d’histoire naturelle, Luxembourg, 65 pp http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q136766546
  2. Fl. Fanerog. Estado São Paulo,2:11-30,2002
  3. Karlsson (1998) Förteckning över svenska kärlväxter (The vascular plants of Sweden - a checklist)
  4. Karlsson (1998) Förteckning över svenska kärlväxter (The vascular plants of Sweden - a checklist)
  5. Mirek Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa H., Zając A., Zając A., Zając M.. 2020. Vascular plants of Poland. An annotated checklist. W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków. W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków
  6. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) PLANTS Database (2021hu), https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=AMRE
  7. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) PLANTS Database (2021hu), https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=AMRE
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