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December 2023

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Amaranthus spinosus L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 991 (1753) Link to external nomenclature reference

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-0000530495.

Synonyms of Amaranthus spinosus L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Amaranthus spinosus f. inermis Lauterb. & K.Schum. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee 305 1900 wfo-0000530496
Galliaria spitosa (L.) Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 278 (1914) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000693945
Amaranthus spinosus var. basiscissus Thell. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5: 269 1914 wfo-0000737943
Amaranthus spinosus var. circumscissus Thell. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5: 269 1914 wfo-0000737944
Amaranthus spinosus var. indehiscens Thell. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5: 269 1914 wfo-0000737945
Amaranthus spinosus var. purpurascens Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 260 1849 wfo-0000737946
Amaranthus spinosus var. rubricaulis Hassk. Flora 25(Litt.): 20 1842 wfo-0000737947
Amaranthus spinosus var. viridicaulis Hassk. Flora 25(Litt.): 20 1842 wfo-0000737948
Amaranthus spinosus var. pygmaeus Hassk. Cat. Pl. Bogor. 83. 1844. wfo-0001046108