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Amaranthus tricolor Linnaeus 1753

Authors/Creators

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

Description

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

"Habitat in China." RCN: 7172.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 1117.10 (LINN); Herb. Linn. No. 1117.11 (LINN).

Current name: Amaranthus tricolor L. (Amaranthaceae).

Note: Townsend (in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Amaranthaceae: 28. 1985) incorrectly designated 1117.12 (LINN) as lectotype, a specimen with no very obvious link with this name, and which is not part of the original material.

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
1117.10 , 1117.11
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Amaranthus
Species
tricolor
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Amaranthus tricolor Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007