Group: Dicot Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Lehmann, lower, E, 79

Authors:

Watson, Sereno

Published In: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 12: 273–274. 1877. (Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts)
Annotation: as "Amarantus"

Type-Protologue

Locality: Frequent in the valleys and plains of the interior, from Mexico to N. Nevada and Iowa, and becoming introduced in some of the Northern States eastward.

Type Specimens

• LT: Charles E. Bessey - s.n. - GH - (BC:GH 00036983). (GH - (BC:GH 00036983))

  • Annotation: chosen by Fernald Rhodora 47: 139. 1945
• LT: C. E. Bessey s.n.; ; USA, Iowa, Ames. Lectotypified by M. L. Fernald, Rhodora 47: 139. 1945

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Caryophyllanae Takht.
• order:  !Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
• family:  !!Amaranthaceae Juss.
• genus:  !Amaranthus L.

Other names for this basionym:

Galliaria blitoides (S. Watson) Nieuwl.

Projects: China , IPCN , Missouri , SNR , VPA

Common Names:

• bei mei xian
  • No References available
• prostrate amaranth (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• prostrate pigweed (English, Canada)
  • Canada Weed Committee. 1969. Comm. bot. nam. weeds Canada 1–67.
• prostrate pigweed (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.

Keywords: ARG, FCC, FNA, MC, TBI, FWT