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Taxon:  Amaranthus quitensis Kunth



Summary
Genus:
Amaranthus
Subgenus:
Amaranthus
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Nomen number:
2802
Place of publication:
F. W. H. A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. gen. sp. 2:156[folio]; 2:194[quarto]. 1818
Verified:
02/05/2003 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Amaranthus hybridus L. subsp. quitensis (Kunth) Costea & Carretero

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Reference(s)
  1. Bayón, N. D. 2015. Revisión taxonómica de las especies monoicas de Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae): Amaranthus subg. Amaranthus y Amaranthus subg. Albersia. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 101:261-383. Note: = Amaranthus hybridus subsp. quitensis (Kunth) Costea & Carretero
  2. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  3. Burkart, A. E., ed. 1969-. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios.
  4. Coons, M. P. 1978. The status of Amaranthus hybridus L. in South America. Ci. Naturaleza Ci. Nat. 19:66-71. Note: = Amaranthus hybridus L.
  5. Correa, M. N. 1969-. Flora patagonica.
  6. Costea, M. et al. 2001. Preliminary results toward a revision of the Amaranthus hybridus species complex (Amaranthaceae). Sida 19:955. Note: = Amaranthus hybridus subsp. quitensis (Kunth) Costea & Carretero
  7. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Note: mentions
  8. Greizerstein, E. J. & L. Poggio. 1992. Estudios citogenéticos de seis híbridos interespecíficos de Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae). Darwiniana 31:159-165.
  9. Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador. Note: = Amaranthus hybridus L.
  10. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
  11. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  12. Kietlinski, K. D. et al. 2014. Relationships between the weedy Amaranthus hybridus (Amaranthaceae) and the grain amaranths. Crop Sci. (Madison) 54:220-228.
  13. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  14. Sauer, J. D. 1950. The grain amaranths: a survey of their history and classification. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 37:561-632.
  15. Sauer, J. D. 1967. The grain amaranths and their relatives: a revised taxonomic and geographic survey. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 54:109-110.
  16. Stetter, M. G. & K. J. Schmid. 2017. Analysis of phylogenetic relationships and genome size evolution of the Amaranthus genus using GBS indicates the ancestors of an ancient crop. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 109:80-92.
  17. Trucco, F. & P. J. Tranel. 2011. Chapter 2. Amaranthus. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, vegetables 11-21.
  18. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, ed. 2.
  19. Wiggins, I. L. & D. M. Porter. 1971. Flora of the Galapagos islands.
  20. Xu, F. & M. Sun. 2001. Comparative analysis of phylogenetic relationships of grain amaranths and their wild relatives (Amaranthus; Amaranthaceae) using Internal Transcribed Spacer, Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism, and Double-Primer Fluorescent Intersimple Sequence Repeat Markers. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 21:372-387.
Common names
English
mucronate amaranth –
South American amaranth –
Spanish (Argentina)
yuyo colorado –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilRio Grande do Sul 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina n.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaAntioquia 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalAzores 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpainBaleares 
Native
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Rio Grande do Sul]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia [Antioquia], Ecuador, Peru
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina (n.), Paraguay, Uruguay
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Portugal [Azores]
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Europe
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain [Baleares]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Weed in South America, as A. hybridus subsp. quitensisCostea, M. et al. 2001. Preliminary results toward a revision of the Amaranthus hybridus species complex (Amaranthaceae). Sida 19:931-974.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=2802. Accessed 27 April 2025.