Tropicos | Name - Amaranthus graecizans subsp. silvestris (Vill.) Brenan

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Amaranthus graecizans subsp. silvestris (Vill.) Brenan

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Type: Type: Tournefort specimen 1849 (P, holotype) (I.D.C. microfiche 90 No. 19!).

Distribution: Distribution: Subspecies silvestris occurs in the Old World from the warmer parts of Europe to the cooler regions of western Asia (Caucasus, N. Iran etc.) and N.W. India; also found in (chiefly eastern) tropical Africa. Its predominantly northerly distribution in Pakistan, ascending to at least 1670 m., agrees with its more temperate general distribution.

Comment/Acknowledgements: Amaranthus graecizans is perhaps an example of a species which formerly existed in isolated geographical races, the taxonomy and distribution of which have been blurred by their getting about as weeds and crossing with local forms where introduced.

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Map Location: B-8 Gilgit, 28.vii.1954 Stewart s.n., (RAW); B-8 Kashmir: Dal Lake, Stewart 3329 (K); Markund, C.B. Clarke 312090 (K); B-8 Baltistan: Skardu, Stewart 20423 (RAW); C-6 Kurram Parachinar, Stewart 28053 (RAW); C-7 Rawalpindi District: Gharial, Murree Hills, R.R. & I.D. Stewart 4009 (KUH); C-7 Jhelum District: 1- mile from Choha Saiden Shah on way to Kalar Kahar, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 4598 (KUH); C-7 Sargodha District: Wahali, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 4500 (KUH); G-3 Karachi : Qaisim Garden, Bela, Sultanul Abedin & M. Qaiser 7431 (KUH); G-5 Hyderabad District: 20 miles from Hyderabad on road to Sukkur, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 2126 (KUH).