Amaranthus caudatus L.

Hassan, Walaa A., Al-Shaye, Najla A. & Iamonico, Duilio, 2023, A critical inventory of the family Amaranthaceae s. str. in Saudi Arabia, Phytotaxa 626 (4), pp. 223-246 : 232-233

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.626.4.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10249235
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scientific name	Amaranthus caudatus L.
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4.4. Amaranthus caudatus L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 2: 990. 1753.

Lectotype (designated by Towsend 1974: 10):— Herb. Linn. No. 1117.26 ( LINN!, image of the lectotype available at http://linnean-online. org/11652/).

Alien status:― Neophyte, native to South America ( Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru); it can be considered as casual in Saudi Arabia ( Hassan et al. 2022).

Occurrence in Saudi Arabia :― Makkah ( Hassan et al. 2022: 149).

Note:― According Iamonico (2023) and the description of this species given by both Chaudhary (1998: 236–237) and Miller & Cope (1996: 288), Saudi Arabian material refers to Amaranthus caudatus s. str.

Specimina visa selecta:― SAUDI ARABIA , Makkah, about 5 km N of Taif, dry, rocky hillside, military base, 1720 m, 11 February 1977, leg. Humbles 100032, det. Johnson (IND0088369!).