Summary
Place of publication:
Linnaea 6:757. 1831
Verified:
06/20/1989
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Adams, C. Flowering plants of Jamaica. 1972
- Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. Flora of the Bahama archipelago. 1982
- Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. 1970
- FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
- Gooding, E. G. et al. Flora of Barbados. 1965
- Henrickson, J. 1999. Studies in New World Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae). Sida 18:785-788.
- Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
- Jardín Botánico Nacional. Flora de la República de Cuba. 1998-
- León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). Flora de Cuba. 1946-1962; suppl. 1969
- Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. 1982
- Liogier, H. A. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. 1984-
- Proctor, G. R. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XI. 1984
- Radford, A. E. et al. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. 1964
Common names
English
clubfoot amaranth – spreading amaranth – tropical spreading amaranth – Spanish
bledo de clavo – bledo manso –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Chihuahua | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Coahuila | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Nuevo Leon | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosi | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sonora | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | New Mexico | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Campeche | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Yucatan | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Barbados | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cayman Islands | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Kitts and Nevis | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
| 3 | Adventive | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | |
| 4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico, Texas]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Campeche, Veracruz, Yucatan]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Puerto Rico
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
Adventive
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama]
Naturalized
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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=315011.
Accessed 16 December 2025.