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June 2025

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Amaranthus polygamus L.

This species name was first published in Cent. Pl. I : 32 (1755)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000530419.

Synonyms of Amaranthus polygamus L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Albersia polygama Boiss. Fl. Orient. 4: 991 (1879) wfo-0000524936
Amaranthus polygonoides Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 721. wfo-0000530424
Amaranthus roxburgianus Nevski Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 311 (1937), in obs. wfo-0000530463
Amaranthus roxburgianus var. angustifolius (Moq.) N.C.Nair J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 73: 61 (1976) wfo-0000530464
Amaranthus tenuifolius Wall. Numer. List : n.º 6893 (1832) wfo-0000530508
Amaranthus angustifolius subsp. polygonoides Maire & Weiller in Fl. Afr. Nord 8: 208 1962 wfo-0000750697