Amaranthus blitum

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Amaranthus
Species: Amaranthus blitum

Amaranthus blitum L., Sp. Pl. 2: 990. 1753

• Type locality: "Habitat in Europa temperatiore"
• Lectotype (designated by Fillias et al. 1980, Taxon 29: 150.): LINN: LINN-1117.14, right-hand plant.

• Homotypic
  • Albersia blitum (L.) Kunth, Fl. Berol. (Kunth, 1838) 2: 144. 1838
  • Euxolus blitum (L.) Gren., Mém. Soc. Émul. Doubs ser. 3, 10: 652. 1869
  • Glomeraria blitum (L.) Cav., Elench. Pl. Horti Matr. 16. (1803)
• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Amaranthus albus Rodsch. ex F.Dietr., Neu Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 1: 196. 1825, nom. illeg. (later homonym of Amaranthus albus L. 1759
  • Albersia arenaria Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 566 (1866)
  • Amaranthus blitum var. angustifolius Moq. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 263 (1849)
  • Amaranthus roxburghianus var. angustifolius (Moq.) N.C.Nair, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 73(1): 61 (1976).
  • Amaranthus ascendens Loisel., Not. Fl. France: 141 (1810)
  • Amaranthus blitum var. ascendens (Loisel.) DC., Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 4 (1813)
  • Albersia ascendens (Loisel.) Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 17: 142 (1869)
  • Amaranthus lividus var. ascendens (Loisel.) Thell., Fl. Adv. Montpellier: 215 (1912)
  • Amaranthus lividus subsp. ascendens (Loisel.) Thell. ex Wacht., in H.Heukels, Geill. Schoolfl. Nederl. ed. 11, 169 (1934).
  • Euxolus ascendens (Loisel.) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 14: 335 (1938)
  • Euxolus viridis var. ascendens (Loisel.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 274 (1849)
  • Amaranthus berchtoldi Seidl ex Opiz, Boehm. Gew. 164; Natural. i. (1823) [2].
  • Amaranthus blitonius St.-Lag., Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 119 (1880)
  • Amaranthus circinnatus hort. Paris. ex Poir., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 1. 311 (1810).
  • Amaranthus diffusus Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées 174 (1867).
  • Amaranthus gangeticus Wall., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6896 (1832). (later homonym of Amaranthus gangeticus L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1268. 1759).
  • Amaranthus lividus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 990 (1753).
  • Albersia livida (L.) Kunth, Fl. Berol., ed. 2, 2: 144 (1823)
  • Amaranthus blitum f. lividus (L.) Letz, Fl. Slovenska 6(4): 723, 111 (2016).
  • Blitum lividum (L.) Moench, Methodus (Moench) 359 (1794).
  • Euxolus lividus (L.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 273 (1849).
  • Glomeraria livida (L.) Cav., Elench. Pl. Horti Matr. 16 (1803); cf. Rothm. in Fedde, Repert. 49: 52 (1940).
  • Blitum maius Scop., Fl. Carniol., ed. 2. 2: 237 (1772).
  • Amaranthus miniatus hort. Avign. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 4(12): 721 (1885).
  • Amaranthus minor Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 289 (1821).
  • Amaranthus mucronatus Poir., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 1. 311 (1810).
  • Amaranthus obtusiflorus (Mart.) Kov., Nauch. Trud. Vissh Selskostop. Inst. Plovdiv 23(1): 50 (1978): (1978).
  • Amaranthus officinalis Gromow. ex Trautv. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada ix. (1884) 139.
  • Amaranthus oleraceus L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 2: 1403 (1763).
  • Albersia oleracea (L.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 4(2): 991 (1879).
  • Amaranthus blitum subsp. oleraceus (L.) Costea, Sida 19(4): 984 (2001).
  • Blitum oleraceum (L.) Moench, Methodus (Moench) 359 (1794).
  • Euxolus oleraceus (L.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 273 (1849).
  • Glomeraria oleracea (L.) Cav., Elench. Pl. Horti Matr. 16 (1803); cf. Rothm. in Fedde, Repert. 49: 52. (1940).
  • Pentrius oleraceus (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 42 (1837).
  • Pyxidium oleraceum (L.)Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 273 (1849), nom. inval.
  • Amaranthus olitorius Besser, Cat. Hort. Volhyn. (1816) 9.
  • Amaranthus pallidus M.Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 2: 399 (1808).
  • Amaranthus perennis Bellardi, ex Colla, Herb. Pedem. iv. 578 (1835), pro syn.
  • Albersia polygama Boiss., Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 4(2): 991 (1879).
  • Amaranthus polygamus Wall., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 514 (1829). (later homonym of Amaranthus polygamus L., Cent. Pl. I. 32. 1755).
  • Euxolus polygamus Wall. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 272 (1849).
  • Amaranthus prostratus Bastard, Essai Fl. Maine-et-Loire 344 (1809).
  • Amaranthus ruderalis Koch ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 274 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Amaranthus blitum f. rubens (Moq.) Hatus., S. Hatusima & T. Amano, Fl. Ryukyus, S. of Amami Is., ed. 2: 47. (1994)
  • Amaranthus tenuifolius Wall., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6893 (1832). (later homonym of Amaranthus tenuifolius Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1): 381. 1805).
  • Amaranthus viridis All., Fl. Pedem. ii. 19 (1785). (later homonym of Amaranthus viridis L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 2: 1405. 1763).

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 990. Reference page. 

• eFloras 2008. Amaranthus blitum in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus blitum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 8. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Amaranthus blitum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 8. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amaranthus blitum. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 8 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus blitum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 Aug. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Amaranthus blitum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed 2019-08-08.

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