| Accepted name: |
Amaranthus blitum L. ssp. blitum |
| Synonym(s): |
-Amaranthus viridus auct. non L.
-Amaranthus lividus var. polygonoides (Moq.) Thellung
-Amaranthus lividus ssp. polygonoides (Moq.) Probst
-Amaranthus ascendens Loisel.
-Amaranthus lividus L.
-Euxolus lividus Moq.
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| English names: |
Purple Amaranth
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| French names: |
Amarante livide
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HAMABLB
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
The plants are used like the other leaf vegetables of the genus, sometimes also for medicine; wild forms of the species are collected for food(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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