Difference between revisions of "Amaranthus muricatus"
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|common_names=Muricate amaranth;“African amaranth” | |common_names=Muricate amaranth;“African amaranth” | ||
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym | |basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym | ||
|name=Euxolus muricatus | |name=Euxolus muricatus | ||
|authority=Moquin-Tandon | |authority=Moquin-Tandon | ||
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|publication_title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. | |publication_title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. | ||
|publication_place=13(2): 276. 1849 | |publication_place=13(2): 276. 1849 | ||
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|distribution=Ala.;s South America (Argentina;Paraguay;Uruguay);introduced in s Europe;s Africa;Australia;and other regions. | |distribution=Ala.;s South America (Argentina;Paraguay;Uruguay);introduced in s Europe;s Africa;Australia;and other regions. | ||
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|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> | |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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|authority=(Moquin-Tandon) Hieronymus | |authority=(Moquin-Tandon) Hieronymus | ||
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|publication title=Pl. Diaph. Fl. Argent., | |publication title=Pl. Diaph. Fl. Argent., | ||
|publication year=1882 | |publication year=1882 | ||
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|genus=Amaranthus | |genus=Amaranthus | ||
|subgenus=Amaranthus subg. Albersia | |subgenus=Amaranthus subg. Albersia | ||
Latest revision as of 23:01, 5 November 2020
Plants annual or short-lived perennial, glabrous or slightly pubescent near tips. Stems ascending or prostrate, much-branched from stout rootstock, 0.1–0.4 m. Leaves: 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. Inflorescences terminal, compact pyramidal panicles and axillary glomerules, erect or reflexed, green, leafless at least distally. Bracts of pistillate flowers linear, 0.7–1.2 mm, 1/2–2/3 as long as tepals. Pistillate flowers: tepals 5, narrowly oblanceolate, not clawed, equal, 1.5–2 mm, apex obtuse or subacute; style branches erect; stigmas 3. Staminate flowers intermixed with pistillate or at tips of inflorescences; tepals 5; stamens 5. Utricles compressed, subglobose, 1.7–2 mm, ± equaling or slightly exceeding tepals, muricate, indehiscent. Seeds black, lenticular, 1–1.2 mm diam., semiglossy.
Phenology: Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat: Waste places, on ballast
Elevation: 0 m
Distribution
Introduced; Ala., s South America (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay), introduced in s Europe, s Africa, Australia, and other regions.
Discussion
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.
Selected References
None.