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Amaranthus caudatus Linnaeus 1753

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK

Description

Amaranthus caudatus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 990. 1753.

"Habitat in Peru, Persia, Zeylona." RCN: 7187.

Lectotype (Townsend in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 71: 10. 1974): Herb. Linn. No. 1117.26 (LINN).

Generitype of Amaranthus Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 188. 1929).

Current name: Amaranthus caudatus L. (Amaranthaceae).

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A), pp. 252-342 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 283, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Biodiversity

Collection code
LINN
Material sample ID
1117.26
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Amaranthus
Species
caudatus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Amaranthus caudatus Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007