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(Last Modified On 1/25/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/25/2013)
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Species
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AMARANTHUS VIRIDIS L.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Sp. P1. 2:1405. 1763.
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Synonym
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Chenopodium caudatum Jacq. Coll. 2: 325. 1788. Amaranthus gracilis Desf. Tabl. Bot. 43. 1804. Albersia gracilis Webb. & Berth. Phyt. Canar. 3:287. 1836. Euxolus caudatus Moq. in DC. Prodr. 132:274. 1849. Euxolus caudatus / gracilis Moq. loc. cit. 132:274. 1849. Earxolus caudat(us Y maximus Moq. loc. cit. 132:274. 1849
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Description
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Rather delicate glabrous annuals to as much as I m. high, the branches ascend- ing. Leaves glabrous, entire to minutely crenulate, deltoid- to rhombic-ovate, apically emarginate to rounded and mucronate, basally truncate to subacute, 1.5-6 cm. long, 1-4 cm. broad, the petioles 0.5-4 cm. long. Inflorescences of thyrses racemosely disposed, the terminal and axillary thyrses cylindric, mostly less than 7 mm. broad. Flowers polygamo-monoecious or monoecious; bracts 'and bracteoles subequal, lanceolate to ovate, ca. 1 mm. long; sepals 3, linear-oblong to pbovate, rounded, mucronate, 1-1.5 mm. long, the midrib dark green, the margins scariose; stamens 3, discrete, 1-1.5 mm. long; ovary compressed-globose; style 1, minute, stigmata 3, longer than the style. Fruit an indehiscent, strongly rugose utricle, 1-1.5 mm. long, 1-1.5 broad; seeds cochleate-orbiculate, dark red to black, dull, minutely pebbled, 1-1.2 mm. broad.
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Distribution
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Presumably a native of the Old World tropics, this weedy species is adventive around Balboa (fide Standley, in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 27:173. 1928). It is also adventive in the eastern United States.
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Note
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The names bledo and calaii are applied to all the species of Panamanian Amaranthus, any of which may serve as potherbs.
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Common
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bledo calaii
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Habit
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herbs
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