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Amaranthus tricolor

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Description
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Genome
Scientific Literature
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID644008c53f78a846809532
Scientific name Amaranthus tricolor
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 989 (1753)

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Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Amaranthus tricolor var. mangostanus (L.) Aellen Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. ed. 2, 3(2): 495 1959
Amaranthus gangeticus var. angustior L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 1: 21 (1920)
Amaranthus amboinicus Buch.-Ham. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6987. 1832
Amaranthus bicolor Nocca ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 4: 384 (1805)
Amaranthus cuspidatus Vis. Cat. Hort. Patav. : s.p. (1841)
Amaranthus dubius Mart. Pl. Hort. Erlang. : 197 (1814)
Amaranthus flexuosus hort. ex Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 260 (1849)
Amaranthus gangeticus L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10 , 2: 1268 (1759)
Amaranthus inamoenus Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 4: 386 (1805)
Amaranthus incomptus Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. , Suppl.: 64 (1814)
Amaranthus japonicus Houtt. ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 4: 386 (1805)
Amaranthus japonicus Houtt. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 36 (1821)
Amaranthus lanceolatus Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 , 3: 607 (1832)
Amaranthus lancifolius Roxb. Hort. Bengal. : 67 (1814)
Amaranthus lividus Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 605.
Amaranthus mangostanus L. Cent. Pl. I : 32 (1755)
Amaranthus mangostanus Blanco Fl. Filip. [F.M. Blanco] 711. 1837
Amaranthus melancholicus L. Sp. Pl. : 989 (1753)
Amaranthus melancholicus var. obovatus Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 262 1849
Amaranthus melancholicus var. parvifolius Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 262 1849
Amaranthus melancholicus var. tricolor (L.) Lam. ex Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 262 1849
Amaranthus mucronatus Hort.Petrop. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 4: 720 (1885)
Amaranthus oleraceus Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 605.
Amaranthus polygamus Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 607.
Amaranthus polygamus Thwaites Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 247. 1861
Amaranthus rotundifolius Herb.Par. ex Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 261 (1849)
Amaranthus salicifolius Hort.Veitch Gard. Chron. 1871: 1550 (1871)
Amaranthus tricolor var. gangeticus (L.) Fiori Fl. Italia 1: 322 1898
Amaranthus tricolor var. melancholicus (L.) Lam. Encycl. 1: 115 1783
Amaranthus tricolor var. tristis (Willd.) Mehrotra, Aswal & B.S.Bisht Companion to Chopra's Gloss. Indian Medicin. Pl. 9 (1987), without basionym ref.
Amaranthus tristis L. Sp. Pl. : 989 (1753)
Amaranthus tristis var. leptostachys Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 260 (1849)
Blitum gangeticum (L.) Moench Methodus : 359 (1794)
Blitum melancholicum Moench Methodus : 359 (1794)
Glomeraria bicolor Cav. ex Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 262 (1849)
Glomeraria tricolor (L.) Cav. Elench. Pl. Horti Matr. : 16 (1803)
Amaranthus tricolor var. tristis (Willd.) Mehrotra, Aswal & B.S.Bisht Companion to Chopra's Gloss. Indian Medicin. Pl. 9 (1987), without basionym ref.
Amaranthus gangeticus var. angustior Bailey

Common names Top

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Language Common/alternative name
English edible amaranth
English joseph's-coat
Spanish glomeraria tricolor
Spanish glomeraria bicolor
Spanish amaranthus rotundifolius
Spanish amaranthus mangostanus
Spanish amaranthus japonicus
Spanish amaranthus incomptus
Spanish amaranthus gangeticus var. angustior
Spanish amaranthus gangeticus
Spanish amaranthus flexuosus
Spanish amaranthus bicolorocca
Spanish blitum gangeticum
Spanish amaranthus amboinicus
Spanish amaranthus tristis var. leptostachys
Spanish blitum melancholicum
Spanish amaranthus polygamus
Spanish amaranthus melancholicus
Azerbaijani Üçrəng qaratərə
Azerbaijani amaranthus gangeticus
cdo gì-chái
Persian تاج خروس سهرنگ
Japanese ガンライコウ
Japanese はげいとう
Japanese ハゲイトウ
Japanese ヒユナ
Japanese 葉鶏頭
Japanese ヒユ
Korean 비름
Lithuanian trispalvis burnotis
lzh 莧
Malayalam മധുരച്ചീര
Malay bayam hijau
Norwegian Nynorsk bladamarant
Oriya ଖଡ଼ା
Portuguese tampala
Russian съедобный амарант
Russian амарант
Tamil தண்டுக்கீரை
Tamil சிறுகீரை
Chinese 苋菜
Chinese 雁来红
Chinese 刺苋菜
Chinese 雁來紅
Chinese 红米菜
Chinese 红苋菜
Chinese 苋
Chinese 苋实
Chinese 苋根
Chinese 莧
Chinese 苋菜、小米菜
Chinese 莧菜
Chinese 三色苋
Chinese 老少年
Chinese 老来少
Chinese 三色莧
Chinese 紅莧菜

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Native
  • Africa
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • Northern Africa
      • Egypt
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Mozambique
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Sierra Leone
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Mauritius
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Yemen
    • China
      • China North-central
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
      • Hainan
      • Inner Mongolia
      • Manchuria
      • Qinghai
      • Tibet
      • Xinjiang
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Korea
      • Nansei-shoto
      • Taiwan
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
      • Uzbekistan
    • Western Asia
      • Iraq
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
      • Bangladesh
      • India
      • Maldives
      • Nepal
      • Pakistan
      • Sri Lanka
    • Indo-China
      • Cambodia
      • Laos
      • Myanmar
      • South China Sea
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Borneo
      • Christmas Island
      • Jawa
      • Lesser Sunda Islands
      • Malaya
      • Maluku
      • Philippines
      • Sulawesi
      • Sumatera
    • Papuasia
      • New Guinea
      • Solomon Islands
  • Pacific
    • Northwestern Pacific
      • Marianas
    • South-central Pacific
      • Line Islands
      • Marquesas
      • Society Islands
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • Fiji
      • New Caledonia
      • Vanuatu
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Cayman Islands
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Puerto Rico
    • Central America
      • Panamá

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000530523
UNII MHO2DMS55U
USDA Plants AMTR2
Tropicos 1100014
INPN 82030
Flora of Italy 540
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327386-2
The Plant List kew-2633132
Missouri Botanical Garden 275661
Open Tree Of Life 653438
Observations.org 148312
NCBI Taxonomy 29722
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0200001746
Nature Serve 2.153630
IPNI 327386-2
iNaturalist 158256
GBIF 5384397
Freebase /m/0872g2
EPPO AMATR
EOL 597119
USDA GRIN 2807
Wikipedia Amaranthus_tricolor

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCF_026212465.1 ASM2621246v1 Chromosome Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences 2022-11-18 45.0x 495.99 Mb

Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Local knowledge of homegarden plants in Miao ethnic communities in Laershan region, Xiangxi area, China Luo J, Li Q, He J, Yan J, Zhang S, Chang X, Wu T J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 18-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10946099
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00676-x
PMID:38500123
Antioxidative Response and Phenolic Content of Young Industrial Hemp Leaves at Different Light and Mycorrhiza Varga I, Kristić M, Lisjak M, Tkalec Kojić M, Iljkić D, Jović J, Kristek S, Markulj Kulundžić A, Antunović M Plants (Basel) 14-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10976054
doi:10.3390/plants13060840
PMID:38592854
Genome-Wide Comparative Analysis of Five Amaranthaceae Species Reveals a Large Amount of Repeat Content Singh A, Maurya A, Rajkumar S, Singh AK, Bhardwaj R, Kaushik SK, Kumar S, Singh K, Singh GP, Singh R Plants (Basel) 13-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10975975
doi:10.3390/plants13060824
PMID:38592842
Carbon Monoxide Alleviates Salt-Induced Oxidative Damage in Sorghum bicolor by Inducing the Expression of Proline Biosynthesis and Antioxidant Genes Ikebudu VC, Nkuna M, Ndou N, Ajayi RF, Chivasa S, Cornish K, Mulaudzi T Plants (Basel) 10-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10974450
doi:10.3390/plants13060782
PMID:38592836
Worldwide forest surveys reveal forty-three new species in Phytophthora major Clade 2 with fundamental implications for the evolution and biogeography of the genus and global plant biosecurity Jung T, Milenković I, Balci Y, Janoušek J, Kudláček T, Nagy ZÁ, Baharuddin B, Bakonyi J, Broders KD, Cacciola SO, Chang TT, Chi NM, Corcobado T, Cravador A, Đorđević B, Durán A, Ferreira M, Fu CH, Garcia L, Hieno A, Ho HH, Hong C, Junaid M, Kageyama K, Kuswinanti T, Maia C, Májek T, Masuya H, Magnano di San Lio G, Mendieta-Araica B, Nasri N, Oliveira LS, Pane A, Pérez-Sierra A, Rosmana A, Sanfuentes von Stowasser E, Scanu B, Singh R, Stanivuković Z, Tarigan M, Thu PQ, Tomić Z, Tomšovský M, Uematsu S, Webber JF, Zeng HC, Zheng FC, Brasier CM, Horta Jung M Stud Mycol 27-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC11003442
doi:10.3114/sim.2024.107.04
PMID:38600961
Microgreens on the rise: Expanding our horizons from farm to fork Lone JK, Pandey R, Gayacharan Heliyon 11-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10881865
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25870
PMID:38390124
PMAT: an efficient plant mitogenome assembly toolkit using low-coverage HiFi sequencing data Bi C, Shen F, Han F, Qu Y, Hou J, Xu K, Xu LA, He W, Wu Z, Yin T Hortic Res 26-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10925850
doi:10.1093/hr/uhae023
PMID:38469379
Antimicrobial, antioxidant and antiproliferative activities of a galactose-binding seed lectin from Manilkara zapota Podder MK, Hossain MM, Kabir SR, Asaduzzaman AK, Hasan I Heliyon 17-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10835259
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24592
PMID:38312555
Study on medicinal food plants in the Gaoligongshan Biosphere Reserve, the richest biocultural diversity center in China Cheng Z, Lin S, Wu Z, Lin C, Zhang Q, Xu C, Li J, Long C J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 15-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10790445
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00638-9
PMID:38225656
Growth and Physiological Responses of Magnoliaceae to NaCl Stress Zhao X, Tian L, Zhu Z, Sang Z, Ma L, Jia Z Plants (Basel) 08-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10818768
doi:10.3390/plants13020170
PMID:38256724
Transport of Nanoparticles into Plants and Their Detection Methods Sembada AA, Lenggoro IW Nanomaterials (Basel) 05-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10819755
doi:10.3390/nano14020131
PMID:38251096
Preliminary exploration of herbal tea products based on traditional knowledge and hypotheses concerning herbal tea selection: a case study in Southwest Guizhou, China Long X, Ranjitkar S, Waldstein A, Wu H, Li Q, Geng Y J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 02-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10763305
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00645-w
PMID:38169414
The Global Impact of COVID-19: Historical Development, Molecular Characterization, Drug Discovery and Future Directions Dofuor AK, Quartey NK, Osabutey AF, Boateng BO, Lutuf H, Osei JH, Ayivi-Tosuh SM, Aiduenu AF, Ekloh W, Loh SK, Opoku MJ, Aidoo OF Clin Pathol 23-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10748929
doi:10.1177/2632010X231218075
PMID:38144436
Identification of WRKY gene family members in amaranth based on a transcriptome database and functional analysis of AtrWRKY42-2 in betalain metabolism Yang R, Huang T, Song W, An Z, Lai Z, Liu S Front Plant Sci 05-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10734031
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1300522
PMID:38130485
Citronella essential oil-based nanoemulsion as a post-emergence natural herbicide Somala N, Laosinwattana C, Chotsaeng N, Teerarak M Sci Rep 27-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10682385
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-48328-6
PMID:38012328

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acids and conjugates / Long-chain fatty acids
Arachidic Acid 10467 Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O 312.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0308-8146(84)90008-6
Palmitic Acid 985 Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O 256.42 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0308-8146(84)90008-6
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Lineolic acids and derivatives
Linoleic Acid 5280450 Click to see CCCCCC=CCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)O 280.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0308-8146(84)90008-6
Linolenic Acid 5280934 Click to see CCC=CCC=CCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)O 278.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0308-8146(84)90008-6
Octadeca-9,12,15-trienoic acid 5282822 Click to see CCC=CCC=CCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)O 278.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0308-8146(84)90008-6
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Glycerolipids / Glycosylglycerols / Glycosyldiacylglycerols
[(2R)-2-hexadecanoyloxy-3-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxypropyl] (9Z,12Z,15Z)-octadeca-9,12,15-trienoate 162867717 Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC(COC1C(C(C(C(O1)CO)O)O)O)COC(=O)CCCCCCCC=CCC=CCC=CCC 753.10 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF048836Z
[1-Octadeca-9,12,15-trienoyloxy-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxypropan-2-yl] octadecanoate 133019074 Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC(COC1C(C(C(C(O1)CO)O)O)O)COC(=O)CCCCCCCC=CCC=CCC=CCC 781.10 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF048836Z
[2-Hexadecanoyloxy-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxypropyl] octadeca-9,12,15-trienoate 25203387 Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC(COC1C(C(C(C(O1)CO)O)O)O)COC(=O)CCCCCCCC=CCC=CCC=CCC 753.10 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF048836Z
[2-Octadeca-9,12,15-trienoyloxy-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxypropyl] octadeca-9,12,15-trienoate 73805565 Click to see CCC=CCC=CCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)OCC(COC1C(C(C(C(O1)CO)O)O)O)OC(=O)CCCCCCCC=CCC=CCC=CCC 775.10 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF048836Z
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Glycerolipids / Glycosylglycerols / Glycosyldiacylglycerols / 1,2-diacyl-3-O-beta-D-galactosyl-sn-glycerols
[(2R)-1-[(9Z,12Z,15Z)-octadeca-9,12,15-trienoyl]oxy-3-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxypropan-2-yl] octadecanoate 162964936 Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC(COC1C(C(C(C(O1)CO)O)O)O)COC(=O)CCCCCCCC=CCC=CCC=CCC 781.10 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF048836Z
1,2-Di-O-alpha-linolenoyl-3-O-beta-galactopyranosyl-sn-glycerol 21582567 Click to see CCC=CCC=CCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)OCC(COC1C(C(C(C(O1)CO)O)O)O)OC(=O)CCCCCCCC=CCC=CCC=CCC 775.10 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF048836Z
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Glycerophospholipids / Glycerophosphates / Diacylglycerophosphates / 1,2-diacylglycerol-3-phosphates
(1r)-2-(Phosphonooxy)-1-[(Tridecanoyloxy)methyl]ethyl Pentadecanoate 447791 Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC(COC(=O)CCCCCCCCCCCC)COP(=O)(O)O 592.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0005-2760(86)90245-6
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Glycerophospholipids / Glycerophosphates / Lysophosphatidic acids / 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphates
(S)-2-Hydroxy-3-(phosphonooxy)propyl oleate 44159252 Click to see CCCCCCCCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)OCC(COP(=O)(O)O)O 436.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0005-2760(86)90245-6
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Bile acids, alcohols and derivatives / Hydroxy bile acids, alcohols and derivatives / Tetrahydroxy bile acids, alcohols and derivatives
Castasterone 133534 Click to see CC(C)C(C)C(C(C(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC(=O)C4C3(CC(C(C4)O)O)C)C)O)O 464.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.5650/JOS1996.48.347
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Cholestane steroids / Cholesterols and derivatives
Cholesterol 5997 Click to see CC(C)CCCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C 386.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1006/BIOO.1993.1007
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
(24E)-24-N-Propylidenecholesterol 5281328 Click to see CC=C(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C 412.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1006/BIOO.1993.1007
(5S,9S,10S,13R,14R)-17-(5-ethyl-6-methylhept-3-en-2-yl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,6,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol 137706369 Click to see CCC(C=CC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2=CCC4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C 412.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.5650/JOS1996.48.347
alpha-Spinasterin 5281331 Click to see CCC(C=CC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2=CCC4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C 412.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0308-8146(84)90008-6
https://doi.org/10.5650/JOS1996.48.347
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Dicarboxylic acids and derivatives
Oxalic Acid 971 Click to see C(=O)(C(=O)O)O 90.03 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF00061A018

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