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|accepted_name=Amaranthus muricatus
|accepted_authority=(Moquin-Tandon) Hieronymus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Pl. Diaph. Fl. Argent.,
|place=227. 1882
|year=1882
}}
|common_names=Muricate amaranth;“African amaranth”
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Euxolus muricatus
|authority=Moquin-Tandon
|rank=species
|publication_title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|publication_place=13(2): 276. 1849
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Amaranthaceae;Amaranthus;Amaranthus subg. Albersia;Amaranthus muricatus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Amaranthaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Amaranthus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Amaranthus subg. Albersia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Amaranthus muricatus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 414, 430
|treatment_page=page 431
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual or short-lived perennial, glabrous or slightly pubescent near tips. <b>Stems</b> ascending or prostrate, much-branched from stout rootstock, 0.1–0.4 m. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole to 1/2 as long as blade; blade linear to narrowly lanceolate, 1.5–8 × 0.2–0.5(–1) mm, base tapering, margins entire, plane to undulate, apex obtuse and often emarginate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, compact pyramidal panicles and axillary glomerules, erect or reflexed, green, leafless at least distally. <b>Bracts</b> of pistillate flowers linear, 0.7–1.2 mm, 1/2–2/3 as long as tepals. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: tepals 5, narrowly oblanceolate, not clawed, equal, 1.5–2 mm, apex obtuse or subacute; style branches erect; stigmas 3. <b>Staminate</b> flowers intermixed with pistillate or at tips of inflorescences; tepals 5; stamens 5. <b>Utricles</b> compressed, subglobose, 1.7–2 mm, ± equaling or slightly exceeding tepals, muricate, indehiscent. <b>Seeds</b> black, lenticular, 1–1.2 mm diam., semiglossy.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer–fall.
|habitat=Waste places, on ballast
|elevation=0 m
|distribution=Ala.;s South America (Argentina;Paraguay;Uruguay);introduced in s Europe;s Africa;Australia;and other regions.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>The vernacular name “African amaranth” is sometimes used for this species; it is a misnomer; the species is native to South America and naturalized in Africa.</p>
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|references=
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name=Amaranthus muricatus
|authority=(Moquin-Tandon) Hieronymus
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Euxolus muricatus
|family=Amaranthaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer–fall.
|habitat=Waste places, on ballast
|elevation=0 m
|distribution=Ala.;s South America (Argentina;Paraguay;Uruguay);introduced in s Europe;s Africa;Australia;and other regions.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Pl. Diaph. Fl. Argent.,
|publication year=1882
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_844.xml
|genus=Amaranthus
|subgenus=Amaranthus subg. Albersia
|species=Amaranthus muricatus
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