Amaranthus tricolor 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.10249251
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scientific name	Amaranthus tricolor L.
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4.11. Amaranthus tricolor L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 2: 989. 1753.

Lectotype (designated by Townsend 1974: 14):— Herb. Linn. No. 1117.7 ( LINN!, image of the lectotype available at https://linnean-online.org/11633/).

= Amaranthus melancholicus View in CoL L., Sp. Pl. 2: 989. 1753. ≡ Amaranthus tricolor var. melancholicus View in CoL (L.) Lam. & Monnet, Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 1: 115. 1783.

Lectotype (designated by Townsend 1994: 11):— Herb. Linn., No. 1117.4 ( LINN!, image of the lectotype available at http://linnean-online. org/11630/).

= Amaranthus tristis View in CoL L., Sp. Pl. 2: 989. 1753. ≡ Amaranthus tricolor var. tristis View in CoL (L.) Thell. in Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 5: 274. 1914. ≡ Amaranthus tricolor subsp. tristis View in CoL (L.) Aellen in Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.- Eur. 3(2): 495. 1959.

Lectotype (designated by Iamonico 2014b: 149):— Herb. Linn., No. 1117.11 ( LINN!, image of the lectotype available at http://linnean-online.org/11637/).

= Amaranthus mangostanus L., Cent. Pl. I. 32. 1755. ≡ Amaranthus tricolor var. mangostanus (L.) Thell. in Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 5: 274. 1914. ≡ Amaranthus tricolor subsp. mangostanus (L.) Aellen, in Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.- Eur. 3(2): 495. 1959.

Lectotype (designated by Iamonico 2014b: 147):— Herb. Linn., No. 1117.10 ( LINN!, image of the lectotype available at http://linnean-online.org/11636/).

= Amaranthus polygamus L., Cent. Pl. I. 32. 1755. ≡ Amaranthus tricolor subsp. tristis var. polygamus (L.) Aellen in Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.- Eur. 3(2): 495. 1959.

Lectotype (designated by Iamonico 2014b: 148):— Herb. Linn., No. 1117.9 ( LINN!, image of the lectotype available at http://linnean-online.org/11635/).

Alien status:—Neophyte, native to Tropical Asia ( Iamonico 2015a).

Occurrence in Saudi Arabia :― In Saudi Arabia only cultivated, according to Miller & Cope (1996: 291), Chaudhary (1998: 238), and Hassan et al. (2022: 140). No specimen was traced.