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Taxon:  Amaranthus muricatus (Moq.) Hieron.



Summary
Genus:
Amaranthus
Subgenus:
Albersia
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Nomen number:
319443
Place of publication:
Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 4:421. 1882 (Pl. diaph. fl. argent. 277. 1882; Hicken, Apuntes Hist. Nat. 2:92. 1910)
Verified:
06/24/1999 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Euxolus muricatus Moq.

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Reference(s)
  1. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  2. Burkart, A. E., ed. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios. 1969-
  3. Cabrera, A. L., ed. Flora de la provincia de Buenos Aires. 1965-1970
  4. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
  5. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  6. Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
  7. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea, second edition. 1993
  8. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  9. Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).
  10. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74. 1996, 1999
Common names
English
African amaranth –
muricate amaranth –
rough-fruit amaranth –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedEurope Europe  
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  
Native
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Northern America
  • REGION: United States
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=319443. Accessed 16 December 2025.

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