Tropicos | Name - Amaranthus spinosus L.

Amaranthus spinosus L.

Published In: Species Plantarum 2: 991. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.)

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 7/27/2009)

Acceptance : Accepted

Original Catalogue Data (Last Modified On 7/27/2009)

Habit : Herb or subshrub

Status : Native

Elevation : 0-500, 500-1000, 1000-1500, 2000-2500

Region : Galapagos, Coastal, Andean, and Amazonian

Province : Chimborazo, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Galapagos, Guayas, Loja, Los Ríos, Manabí, Morona-Santiago, Napo, Pichincha

Voucher Specimen : Calaway H. Dodson - 7473 - SEL

Reference :

Wiggins, I. L. & D. M. Porter. 1971. Fl. Galápagos Isl. 1–998. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
Dodson, C.H. & A.H. Gentry. 1978. Flora of the Río Palenque Science Center: Los Ríos Province, Ecuador. Selbyana 4(1–6): i–xxx, 1–628.
Lawesson, J. E., H. Adsersen & P. Bentley. 1987. An updated and annotated check list of the vascular plants of the Galapagos Islands. Rep. Bot. Inst. Univ. Aarhus 16: 1–74.
Renner, S. S., H. Balslev & L.B. Holm-Nielsen. 1990. Flowering plants of Amazonian Ecuador—A checklist. AAU Rep. 24: 1–241.
Dodson, C.H., A.H. Gentry & F. M. Valverde Badillo. 1985. Fl. Jauneche 1–512. Banco Central del Ecuador, Quito.