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Amaranthus spinosus L.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl.: 991.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Caryophyllales
family
Amaranthaceae
genus
Amaranthus
species
Amaranthus spinosus

Name

Synonyms
Amaranthus caracasanus Kunth
Amaranthus coracanus Mart.
Amaranthus diacanthus Raf.
Amaranthus spinosus var. basiscissus Thell.
Amaranthus spinosus var. circumscissus Thell.
Amaranthus spinosus var. indehiscens Thell.
Amaranthus spinosus var. purpurascens Moq.
Amaranthus spinosus var. pygmaeus Hassk.
Amaranthus spinosus var. rubricaulis Hassk.
Amaranthus spinosus var. viridicaulis Hassk.
Galliaria spinosa (L.) Nieuwl.
Galliaria spitosa (L.) Nieuwl.
Homonyms
Amaranthus spinosus L.
Common names
Amanranto spinoso in Italian
Amarante épineuse in French
Bledo in language.
Bledo in language.
Bledo espinoso in language.
Bledo espinoso (Dominican Republic) in language.
Blero espinoso (Puerto Rico) in language.
Carelessweed in English
Dorniger Amarant in German
Dorniger Amarant in German
Edlebur in English
Epinard piquard in language.
Epinard sauvage in language.
Malabarspinat in German
Needlebur in English
Pigweed in English
Prickly Amaranth in English
Prickly Calalu in English
Prince-Of-Wales-Feather in English
Prince-of-Wales-feather in English
Spiny Amaranth in English
Spiny Pigweed in English
Spiny amaranth in English
Spiny amaranth in language.
Spiny amaranth in English
Tamarisken-Fuchsschwanz in German
Thorny Amaranth in English
Thorny Pigweed in English
Tornet amarant in Danish
Yarbuz kotzani in Hebrew
Zepina piquant in language.
Zepinard piquant in language.
Zepinna wouj (Lesser Antilles) in language.
bitskitiki in language.
bledo espinoso in Spanish
bokamiba in language.
bredo-bravo in language.
bredo-de-espinho in language.
carelessweed in English
caruru-bravo in Portuguese
caruru-de-espinho in Portuguese
carurú-bravo in language.
carurú-de-espinho in language.
ci xian in language.
dorniger Fuchsschwanz in German
dzeloņainais amarants in Latvian
edlebur in English
espinaca de Malabar in Spanish
kanta chaulai in language.
kante math in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & Celis, M. (eds.). (2015). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C. Disponible en http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
  2. Fl. Fanerog. Estado São Paulo,2:11-30,2002
  3. Karlsson (2013-09-04 22:00:00) Förteckning över svenska kärlväxter
  4. Roessléria,7(2):107-137,1985
  5. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) PLANTS Database (2021hv), https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=AMSP
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