Herbaria

Family

Amaranthaceae s.l.

subfamily

Amaranthoideae

Genus

Amaranthus L.

Species

Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. oleraceus (L.)Costea

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

(L.)Costea

citation

Sida 19: 984 2001.

herbariaSynonyms

Amaranthus oleraceus L.

Euxolus viridis Moq. var. polygonoides Moq.

Amaranthus ascendens Lois.

Amaranthus lividus L.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAIA (Nv)

ALEX (Mm)

CAI (Mm- Nv-Nn-Dg- S)

CAIRC (Nv)

CAIM (Mm-Nv-Nn)

SCUI (Dg)

TANE (Mm- Nv-Nn-Dg- S)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAIA

ALEX

CAI

CAIRC

SCUI

CAIM

TANE

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAIA (2)

ALEX (1)

CAIRC (1)

SCUI (2)

CAI (36)

TANE (25)

Habitat

weed of cultivation

FlFrperiod

June-December

LifeForm

Therophyte

LifeSpan

Annual

herbariaArabicName

Amarantun امارانتون

EnglishName

purple amaranth

herbariaUses

GlobalDistribution

Tropical regions

Chorology

PAN

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

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

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

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