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Taxon:  Amaranthus graecizans L.



Summary
Genus:
Amaranthus
Subgenus:
Albersia
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Nomen number:
101536
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:990. 1753
Comment:
non Amaranthus graecizans auct. (= A. blitoides S. Watson)
Verified:
02/04/2003 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Amaranthus graecizans L. subsp. aschersonianus (Thell.) Costea et al. (0 active accession[s])
Amaranthus graecizans L. subsp. graecizans (0 active accession[s])
Amaranthus graecizans L. subsp. silvestris (Vill.) Brenan (0 active accession[s])
Amaranthus graecizans L. subsp. thellungianus (Nevski) Gusev (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
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Common names
English
Mediterranean amaranth –
short-tepal pigweed –
spreading pigweed –
tumbleweed –
Arabic
dadh –
qutayf –
sindar –
French
amarante africaine –
German
griechischer Amarant –
Spanish
amaranto de hojas estrechas –
Swedish
grekamarant –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
  EuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
  EuropeSoutheastern EuropeMontenegro  
  EuropeSoutheastern EuropeNorth Macedonia  
  EuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanary Islands 
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMauritania  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCongo  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaEgyptSinai 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
4Naturalized     
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands]
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Chad
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Congo
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia
  • CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Egypt [Sinai], Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Ukraine
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Hungary
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, Portugal
Naturalized ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Weedpotential seed contaminant 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=101536. Accessed 16 December 2025.

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