Herbaria

Family

Amaranthaceae s.l.

subfamily

Amaranthoideae

Genus

Amaranthus L.

Species

Amaranthus retroflexus L.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

L.

citation

Sp.Pl. ed.1:991 (1753)

herbariaSynonyms

Amaranthus delilei Richter & Loret

Amaranthus retroflexus subsp. delilei (Richt. & Loret) Tzvelev

Amaranthus retroflexus var. chlorostachys (Willd.) A.Gray

Amaranthus chlorostachys Willd.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Mm- Nn)

CAIM (Nv-Nn)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

CAIM

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (2)

Habitat

weed of cultivation

FlFrperiod

May-December

LifeForm

LifeSpan

Annual

herbariaArabicName

EnglishName

redroot pigweed/ red-root amaranth

herbariaUses

medicinal

GlobalDistribution

N and S 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

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

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

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