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Amaranthus thellungianus

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Name

Identification
Amaranthus thellungianus Nevski ex Vassilcz. [family AMARANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Amaranthus graecizans L. [family AMARANTHACEAE ] Verified by Townsend, C.C.,
Related name
  • Amaranthus thellungianus
  • Amaranthus graecizans

Flora

Entry for Amaranthus graecizans subsp. thellungianus Nevski Gusev [family AMARANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 1, page 28, (1988) Author: C. C. Townsend
Names
Amaranthus graecizans subsp. thellungianus Nevski Gusev [family AMARANTHACEAE], in Bot. Zhurn. 57: 462 (1972). TAB. 10 fig. K. Type from Kugitang.
Amaranthus blitum var. polygonoides Moq. [family AMARANTHACEAE], in DC., Prodr. 13, 2: 263 (1849). Type from India.
Amaranthus angustifolius \"proles\" polygonoides Moq. Thell. [family AMARANTHACEAE], in Aschers. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleurop. Fl. 5, 1: 308 (1914).
Amaranthus thellungianus Nevski [family AMARANTHACEAE], in Act. Acad. Sc. URSS 1, 4: 311 (1937).
Amaranthus thunbergii var. grandifolius Suesseng. [family AMARANTHACEAE], in Mitt. bot. Staatss. München 3: 73 (1951). Type from Tanzania.
Information
Leaf-blade narrowly linear or lanceolate to rhomboid-spathulate; perianth segments narrow, more tapering, long-aristate, awns mostly 0.3–0.75 mm. in length and frequently somewhat divergent, bracteoles also long-aristate.
Range
This subspecies has occurred once in Kenya, but otherwise is confined to Middle Asia and the Indian continent; it may have been introduced into Africa from India.
Distribution
Mozambique M Inhaca Is., Monte Inhaca, 12.viii.1980. Jansen & Koning 7398.
Notes
The plant described by Suessenguth as A. thunbergii var. grandifolius is a lush form of A. graecizans subsp. thellungianus. and was grown as a vegetable at Amani, Tanzania.

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