Herbaria

Family

Amaranthaceae s.l.

subfamily

Amaranthoideae

Genus

Amaranthus L.

Species

Amaranthus hybridus L. subsp.hybridus

herbariaSubsps

hybridus

herbariaVariety

Authority

L.

citation

Sp.Pl. ed.1:990 (1753)

herbariaSynonyms

Amaranthus hypochondrianum L.

Amaranthus chlorostachys Willd.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Mm- Nv-Nn)

CAIM (Nv-S)

CAIRC (Nv-Ol-On)

ALEX (Nv)

ASTU (Nv)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

CAIM

CAIRC

ASTU

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAIRC (5)

CAI (170)

ASTU (40)

Habitat

Weed along canal banks

FlFrperiod

April-December

LifeForm

Therophyte

LifeSpan

Annual

herbariaArabicName

EnglishName

green amaranth/ smooth pigweed,

herbariaUses

Ruaf رعاف

GlobalDistribution

Introduced into Europe, Euroasia, America, naturalized

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

El Hadidi, M.N. and El Hadidy, A.M. 1980. 57.Amaranthaceae. in M.N.El Hadidi (ed.). Flora of Egypt. Taeckholmia add.ser.1:13-92

El Hadidi, M.N.& Fayed, A. 1994/95. Materials for Excursion Flora of Egypt (EFE). Taeckholmia 15

Boulos, L. 1999. Flora of Egypt, vol1. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' Flora of Egypt ed.2. Cairo University