Summary
Verified:
02/04/2003
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Costea, M. et al. 2001. Preliminary results toward a revision of the Amaranthus hybridus species complex (Amaranthaceae). Sida 19:961-964.
- Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja Norte | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja Sur | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Chihuahua | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sonora | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Colorado | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Idaho | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Oregon | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Wyoming | |
| 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 | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Hidalgo | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Michoacan | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Morelos | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Nevada | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Utah | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | | | Asia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | | Africa | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Europe | | Europe | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | North America | | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Baja Norte, Baja Sur, Chihuahua, Sonora]
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NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico, Texas]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Hidalgo, Michoacan, Morelos]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
Southern America
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Chile
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Peru
Naturalized
Africa
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia
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NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Europe
Northern America
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Weed | | | Costea, M. et al. 2001. Preliminary results toward a revision of the Amaranthus hybridus species complex (Amaranthaceae). Sida 19:961-964. |
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=430510.
Accessed 16 December 2025.