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Amaranthus tricolor Linnaeus 1753

Authors/Creators

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

Description

Amaranthus tricolor Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 989. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 7168.

Lectotype (Townsend in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 71: 14. 1974): Herb. Linn. No. 1117.7 (LINN).

Current name: Amaranthus tricolor L. (Amaranthaceae).

Note: Townsend gave the number of the type sheet as “117.7” but this is clearly a typographical error for "1117.7 ".

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 284, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
LINN
Material sample ID
1117.7
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Amaranthus
Species
tricolor
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Amaranthus tricolor Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007