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Amaranthus blitum Linnaeus 1753

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

Description

Amaranthus oleraceus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1403. 1763.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 7174.

Lectotype (Fillias & al. in Taxon 29: 150. 1980): Herb. Linn. No. 1117.13 (LINN).

Current name: Amaranthus blitum L. (Amaranthaceae).

Note: See discussion by Stevels (in Wageningen Agric. Univ. Pap. 90-1: 106-107. 1990).

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
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Amaranthus
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
1117.13
Order
Caryophyllales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
blitum
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Amaranthus blitum Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007