Amaranthus australis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Amaranthus
Species: Amaranthus australis
Name

Amaranthus australis (A.Gray) J.D.Sauer, Madroño 13: 15. (1955)
Synonyms

Basionym
Acnida australis A.Gray, Amer. Naturalist 10: 489. (1876)
Lectotype (designated by Sauer 1955: 15): United States: Apalachicola. A.W. Chapman #s.n. Lectotype: GH GH00254089.
Homotypic
Acnida cannabina var. australis (A.Gray) Uline & W.L.Bray, Bot. Gaz. 20: 157. (1895)
Heterotypic
Acnida alabamensis Standl., N. Amer. Fl. 21(2): 121. (1917)
Acnida cuspidata Bertero ex Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3: 903. (1826)
Acnida cannabina var. cuspidata (Bertero ex Spreng.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 277. (1849)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Northern America
South-Central U.S.A.
Texas
Southeastern U.S.A.
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina,
Mexico
Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
Southern America
Caribbean
Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago
Northern South America
Venezuela
Western South America
Colombia

Introduced into Suriname

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References
Primary references

Sauer, J. 1955. Revision of the dioecious Amaranths. Madroño 13(1): 5–46. BHL Reference page. : 15

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus australis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 7. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Amaranthus australis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 7. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amaranthus australis. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 7 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus australis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 7.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Amaranthus australis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
English: Southern Amaranth, Southern Water-Hemp