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Amaranthus tricolor L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 989 (1753)  

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-0000530523.

Synonyms of Amaranthus tricolor L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Amaranthus tricolor var. mangostanus (L.) Aellen Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. ed. 2, 3(2): 495 1959 wfo-0000496389
Amaranthus gangeticus var. angustior L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 1: 21 (1920) wfo-0000508374
Amaranthus amboinicus Buch.-Ham. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6987. 1832 wfo-0000530032
Amaranthus bicolor Nocca ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 4: 384 (1805) wfo-0000530073
Amaranthus cuspidatus Vis. Cat. Hort. Patav. : s.p. (1841) wfo-0000530171
Amaranthus dubius Mart. Pl. Hort. Erlang. : 197 (1814) wfo-0000530190
Amaranthus flexuosus hort. ex Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 260 (1849) wfo-0000530214
Amaranthus gangeticus L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10 , 2: 1268 (1759) wfo-0000530223
Amaranthus inamoenus Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 4: 386 (1805) wfo-0000530292
Amaranthus incomptus Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. , Suppl.: 64 (1814) wfo-0000530294
Amaranthus japonicus Houtt. ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 4: 386 (1805) wfo-0000530300
Amaranthus japonicus Houtt. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 36 (1821) wfo-0000530301
Amaranthus lanceolatus Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 , 3: 607 (1832) wfo-0000530308
Amaranthus lancifolius Roxb. Hort. Bengal. : 67 (1814) wfo-0000530310
Amaranthus lividus Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 605. wfo-0000530323
Amaranthus mangostanus L. Cent. Pl. I : 32 (1755) wfo-0000530340
Amaranthus mangostanus Blanco Fl. Filip. [F.M. Blanco] 711. 1837 wfo-0000530341
Amaranthus melancholicus L. Sp. Pl. : 989 (1753) wfo-0000530346
Amaranthus melancholicus var. obovatus Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 262 1849 wfo-0000530347
Amaranthus melancholicus var. parvifolius Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 262 1849 wfo-0000530349
Amaranthus melancholicus var. tricolor (L.) Lam. ex Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 262 1849 wfo-0000530350
Amaranthus mucronatus Hort.Petrop. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 4: 720 (1885) wfo-0000530367
Amaranthus oleraceus Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 605. wfo-0000530383
Amaranthus polygamus Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 607. wfo-0000530420
Amaranthus polygamus Thwaites Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 247. 1861 wfo-0000530421
Amaranthus rotundifolius Herb.Par. ex Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 261 (1849) wfo-0000530461
Amaranthus salicifolius Hort.Veitch Gard. Chron. 1871: 1550 (1871) wfo-0000530473
Amaranthus tricolor var. gangeticus (L.) Fiori Fl. Italia 1: 322 1898 wfo-0000530524
Amaranthus tricolor var. melancholicus (L.) Lam. Encycl. 1: 115 1783 wfo-0000530525
Amaranthus tricolor var. tristis (Willd.) Mehrotra, Aswal & B.S.Bisht Companion to Chopra's Gloss. Indian Medicin. Pl. 9 (1987), without basionym ref. wfo-0000530526
Amaranthus tristis L. Sp. Pl. : 989 (1753) wfo-0000530527
Amaranthus tristis var. leptostachys Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 260 (1849) wfo-0000530529
Blitum gangeticum (L.) Moench Methodus : 359 (1794) wfo-0000566900
Blitum melancholicum Moench Methodus : 359 (1794) wfo-0000566911
Glomeraria bicolor Cav. ex Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 262 (1849) wfo-0000703980
Glomeraria tricolor (L.) Cav. Elench. Pl. Horti Matr. : 16 (1803) wfo-0000703988
Amaranthus tricolor var. tristis (Willd.) Mehrotra, Aswal & B.S.Bisht Companion to Chopra's Gloss. Indian Medicin. Pl. 9 (1987), without basionym ref. wfo-0001046143
Amaranthus gangeticus var. angustior Bailey wfo-0001271825