Amaranthus spinosus 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 : 235

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.626.4.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10249247
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scientific name	Amaranthus spinosus L.
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4.10. Amaranthus spinosus L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 2: 991. 1753.

Lectotype (designated by Fawcett & Rendle 1914: 103):— Herb. Linn. No. 1117.27 ( LINN!, image of the lectotype available at http:// linnean-online.org/11653/).

Alien status:― Neophyte, native to Neotropics; it can be considered as casual in Saudi Arabia (see Chaudhary 1998, Hassan et al. 2022).

Occurrence in Saudi Arabia :― Bisha ( Abbas et al. 2020), Jizan ( Miller & Cope 1996, Collenette 1999, Al-Turki et al. 2000, Aljieddani et al. 2021). No specimen was traced.