PLANTS Profile for Amaranthus cruentus (red amaranth)

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PLANTS Profile

Amaranthus cruentus L.
red amaranth

Symbol:

AMCR4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Amaranthaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		I
CAN		I

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Amaranthus paniculatus

Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, CA, Chulavista. Usage Requirements.

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Amaranthus cruentus L.

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Synonyms:
Amaranthus cruentus L.

	AMHYC	Amaranthus hybridus L. ssp. cruentus (L.) Thell.
	AMHYC2	Amaranthus hybridus L. var. cruentus (L.) Moq.
	AMPA10	Amaranthus paniculatus L.

Distribution:
Amaranthus cruentus L.


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USA (AL, AZ, CA, CT, DC, DE, HI, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), USA+ (PR), CAN (BC, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Amaranthus cruentus L.

View 23 genera in Amaranthaceae, 45 species in Amaranthus

Classification:
Amaranthus cruentus L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Amaranthaceae – Amaranth family
Genus	Amaranthus L. – pigweed
Species	Amaranthus cruentus L. – red amaranth

Introduced Information:
Amaranthus cruentus L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Amaranthus cruentus L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20730.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/10/2008 07:04 PM MDT