Summary
Place of publication:
Pl. jamaic. pug. 27. 1759
Verified:
11/18/2002
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
smartweed amaranth – tropical amaranth – Swedish
trattamarant –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Coahuila | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Nuevo Leon | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
| 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 | South Carolina | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Campeche | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Yucatan | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | Antigua | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Barbados | | |
| 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 | Mesoamerica | Belize | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Honduras | | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida, South Carolina]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Campeche, Yucatan]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Antigua and Barbuda [Antigua], Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica
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MESOAMERICA:
Belize, Honduras
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=428755.
Accessed 16 December 2025.