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Internal ID UUID644008b975ddf489140066
Scientific name Amaranthus albus
Authority L.
First published in Syst. Nat. ed. 10 , 2: 1268 (1759)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Amaranthus albus var. monosepalus Thell. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5: 287 (1914)
Amaranthus albus var. parviflorus Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 264 (1849)
Amaranthus albus var. puberulus Thell. in Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5: 287 (1914)
Amaranthus albus var. pubescens (Uline & W.L.Bray) Fernald Rhodora 47: 140 (1945)
Amaranthus albus var. rubicundus Thell. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5: 287 (1914)
Amaranthus gracilentus H.W.Kung Chin. J. Bot. 1(1): 14 1936
Amaranthus graecizans Cutanda Fl. Comp. Madrid 579 1861
Amaranthus graecizans var. pubescens Uline & W.L.Bray Bot. Gaz. 19: 317 (1894)
Amaranthus littoralis Hornem. Hort. Bot. Hafn. 2: 893 (1815)
Amaranthus pubescens (Uline & W.L.Bray) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 313 (1912)
Galliaria albida Bubani Fl. Pyren. 1: 185 (1897)
Glomeraria alba (L.) Cav. Elench. Pl. Horti Matr. : 16 (1803)

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Language Common/alternative name
English tumble pigweed
English tumbleweed
English white amaranth
English white pigweed
English common tumbleweed
English pigweed amaranth
English prostrate pigweed
English white amaranth, white pigweed
Spanish taramago
Spanish zaramago
Spanish amaranto blanco
Spanish amarant blanc
Spanish bledo blanco
Spanish tamargo
Spanish picapollos
Spanish capollos
Arabic قطيفة بيضاء
Belarusian аксамітнік белы
Bulgarian бял щир
Bengali অ্যামারান্থাস অ্যালবাস
Czech laskavec bílý
Welsh blodyn amor gwyn
German weisser amarant
German weißer amarant
German weißer fuchsschwanz
Estonian valge rebashein
Finnish valkorevonhäntä
French amarante blanche
Upper Sorbian běły šćěrjenc
Japanese ヒメシロビユ
Dutch witte amarant
nv chʼil naamaasii
Polish szarłat biały
Romanian știr alb
Russian щирица белая
Russian Амарант белый
Swedish vit amarant
Ukrainian щириця біла
Chinese 白苋
Chinese 白莧

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct
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- Native
  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Canary Islands
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
      • Libya
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Gulf States
      • Saudi Arabia
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • China North-central
      • Inner Mongolia
      • Manchuria
      • Xinjiang
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Korea
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
      • Kirgizstan
      • Tadzhikistan
      • Turkmenistan
      • Uzbekistan
    • Mongolia
      • Mongolia
    • Russian Far East
      • Amur
      • Khabarovsk
      • Primorye
    • Siberia
      • Altay
      • Krasnoyarsk
      • Tuva
      • West Siberia
    • Western Asia
      • Afghanistan
      • Cyprus
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Bangladesh
    • Indo-China
      • Cambodia
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • Tasmania
    • New Zealand
      • New Zealand North
      • New Zealand South
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • Krym
      • Northwest European Russia
      • South European Russia
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Great Britain
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Romania
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Labrador
      • New Brunswick
      • Newfoundland
      • Nova Scotia
      • Ontario
      • Prince Edward Island
      • Québec
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Nebraska
      • North Dakota
      • Oklahoma
      • South Dakota
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • Vermont
      • West Virginia
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Idaho
      • Montana
      • Oregon
      • Washington
      • Wyoming
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Delaware
      • District Of Columbia
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
      • California
      • Nevada
      • Utah
    • Subarctic America
      • Alaska
    • Western Canada
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia
      • Manitoba
      • Saskatchewan
  • Southern America
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Argentina South
      • Chile Central
      • Uruguay

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000530018
UNII 4V1629QREC
Florida Plant Atlas 1981
Flora of Alabama 274
Canadensys 2498
USDA Plants AMAL
Tropicos 1100002
INPN 81955
Flora of Italy 538
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327388-2
The Plant List kew-2632650
Open Tree Of Life 892643
NCBI Taxonomy 124760
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000003086
Nature Serve 2.137933
IPNI 327388-2
iNaturalist 57893
GBIF 5384372
Freebase /m/08dtcq
WisFlora 2493
EPPO AMAAL
EOL 47128714
Elurikkus 2710
Calflora (Californian flora) 271
USDA GRIN 101509
Wikipedia Amaranthus_albus

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Scientific Literature Top

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Seed protein biotyping in Amaranthus species: a tool for rapid identification of weedy amaranths of concern Murphy M, Hubert J, Wang R, Galindo-González L Plant Methods 11-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10712156
doi:10.1186/s13007-023-01116-9
PMID:38072925
Foraging Wild Edibles: Dietary Diversity in Expanded Food Systems Bellows AC, Raj S, Pitstick E, Potteiger MR, Diemont SA Nutrients 31-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10647252
doi:10.3390/nu15214630
PMID:37960283
The complete chloroplast genome of a halophyte glasswort Salicornia europaea Liu T, Zuo Z, He Y, Miao J, Yu J, Qu C Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 30-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10769547
doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2275833
PMID:38188438
Genetic resources and breeding approaches for improvement of amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) and quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) Anuradha, Kumari M, Zinta G, Chauhan R, Kumar A, Singh S, Singh S Front Nutr 24-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10405290
doi:10.3389/fnut.2023.1129723
PMID:37554703
Distribution, Effect, and Control of Exotic Plants in Republic of Korea Lim BS, Seok JE, Lim CH, Kim GS, Shin HC, Lee CS Biology (Basel) 06-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10294914
doi:10.3390/biology12060826
PMID:37372111
Weed Detection Using Deep Learning: A Systematic Literature Review Murad NY, Mahmood T, Forkan AR, Morshed A, Jayaraman PP, Siddiqui MS Sensors (Basel) 31-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10098587
doi:10.3390/s23073670
PMID:37050730
Trying to Understand the Complicated Taxonomy in Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae): Insights on Seeds Micromorphology Iamonico D, Hussain AN, Sindhu A, Saradamma Anil Kumar VN, Shaheen S, Munir M, Fortini P Plants (Basel) 21-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC10005098
doi:10.3390/plants12050987
PMID:36903848
Investigation of Selected Medicinal Plants for Their Anti-Obesity Properties ŞENER SÖ, CILIZ E, ÖZTEKİN BN, BADEM M, ÖZGEN U Turk J Pharm Sci 31-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9634444
doi:10.4274/tjps.galenos.2021.97572
PMID:36317845
Use of Under-Vine Living Mulches to Control Noxious Weeds in Irrigated Mediterranean Vineyards Guerra JG, Cabello F, Fernández-Quintanilla C, Peña JM, Dorado J Plants (Basel) 25-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9329902
doi:10.3390/plants11151921
PMID:35893625
Plantago asiatica mosaic virus: An emerging plant virus causing necrosis in lilies and a new model RNA virus for molecular research Komatsu K, Hammond J Mol Plant Pathol 20-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9452766
doi:10.1111/mpp.13243
PMID:35856603
Nano-priming as emerging seed priming technology for sustainable agriculture—recent developments and future perspectives Nile SH, Thiruvengadam M, Wang Y, Samynathan R, Shariati MA, Rebezov M, Nile A, Sun M, Venkidasamy B, Xiao J, Kai G J Nanobiotechnology 03-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9164476
doi:10.1186/s12951-022-01423-8
PMID:35659295
Genetic variation and structure of complete chloroplast genome in alien monoecious and dioecious Amaranthus weeds Xu H, Xiang N, Du W, Zhang J, Zhang Y Sci Rep 18-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9117656
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-11983-2
PMID:35585207
Correction: Loredo Varela, R.C.; Fail, J. Host Plant Association and Distribution of the Onion Thrips, Thrips tabaci Cryptic Species Complex. Insects 2022, 13, 298 Loredo Varela RC, Fail J Insects 07-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9143062
doi:10.3390/insects13050442
PMID:35621825
Host Plant Association and Distribution of the Onion Thrips, Thrips tabaci Cryptic Species Complex Loredo Varela RC, Fail J Insects 17-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8952806
doi:10.3390/insects13030298
PMID:35323598
First Survey of the Vascular and Cryptogam Flora on Bulgaria’s Ancient Mounds Apostolova I, Sopotlieva D, Valcheva M, Ganeva A, Shivarov V, Velev N, Vassilev K, Terziyska T, Nekhrizov G Plants (Basel) 06-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8912620
doi:10.3390/plants11050705
PMID:35270175

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