Amaranthus cruentus

Taxonomy ID: 117272 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:117272)

current name

Amaranthus cruentus  L., 1759

homotypic synonym:

Amaranthus hybridus subsp. cruentus  (L.) Thell., 1912

Genbank common name: blood amaranth
NCBI BLAST name: eudicots
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Other names:

heterotypic synonym

Amaranthus chlorostachys  Willd., non auct.

heterotypic synonym

Amaranthus cruentus var. albus  S.Das, 2012 in [Das S (2012)]

holotype of Amaranthus cruentus var. albus: CAL : EC289406

common name(s)

purple amaranth, prince's feather

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; Caryophyllales; Amaranthaceae; Amaranthus

Comments and References:

Das S (2012) Das S. 2012. Taxonomical observation on the grain amaranths and new varieties of Amaranthus cruentus (Amaranthaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 30(4):412-420.

image:Amaranthus cruentus Image by domenicaarguello from iNaturalist under a CC BY-NC license. * Image may not have been verified for accuracy by NCBI Taxonomy.

WCVP (Jan 15, 2022) WCVP (2022). World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 2.0. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://wcvp.science.kew.org/ Retrieved 15 January 2022.

FNA - Amaranthus Mosyakin SL and Robertson KR. 2004. Amaranthus Linnaeus. In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (Eds.) Flora of North America North of Mexico, Vol. 4: Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae, Part 1. New York and Oxford. On-line version.