Amaranthus blitum
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Family Amaranthaceae
Taxonomy: Amaranthus blitum L.
Synonyms: 11 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Amaranthus ascendens Loisel. (taxonomic synonym)
- Amaranthus blitum L. var. blitum (nomenclatural synonym)
- Amaranthus blitum var. oleraceus (L.) Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
- Amaranthus lividus L. (taxonomic synonym)
- Amaranthus lividus L. subsp. lividus (taxonomic synonym)
- Amaranthus lividus L. var. lividus (taxonomic synonym)
- Amaranthus lividus subsp. ascendens (Loisel.) Heukels (taxonomic synonym)
- Amaranthus lividus var. ascendens (Loisel.) Hayw. & Druce (taxonomic synonym)
- Amaranthus oleraceus L. (taxonomic synonym)
- Amarantus blitum Hook.f. (orthographic variant)
- Amarantus blitum var. oleraceus Hook.f. (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Amaranthus viridis L. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2024 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 13 traits from 15 records in 5 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): monoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): utricle (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 60 mm (60-60 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); rhomboidal (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); prostrate (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.8 m (0.8-0.8 m) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2024 | 5 | 5 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |