Summary
Place of publication:
A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2):262. 1849
Verified:
01/02/2004
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62. 1993
- Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
- Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960-
- FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
- Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993-
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
- PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Common names
English
Thunberg's amaranth – Thunberg's pigweed –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Lesotho | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Eastern Cape | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Free State | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Gauteng | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Limpopo | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Mpumalanga | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | North West | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Northern Cape | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Western Cape | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Europe | | Europe | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Somalia
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape, Western Cape]
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Zaire
Naturalized
Australasia
Europe
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Weed | | | Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952- |
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=434463.
Accessed 16 December 2025.