Amaranthus centralis

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Family Amaranthaceae

Taxonomy: Amaranthus centralis J.Palmer & Mowatt

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Amaranthus sp. Alice Springs (D.E.Albrecht 8892) (taxonomic synonym)
Amaranthus sp. Cloncurry (S.T.Blake 8896) (taxonomic synonym)
Amaranthus sp. Todd River (G.Chippendale 482) J.Palmer (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, SA eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Crowley_2007 (1), Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (17), Nano_2011 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (25). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 48 traits from 59 records in 10 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): monoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 2.4 mm (1.8-3 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 1.25 mm (1-1.5 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): utricle (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): black (1) [sources: NTH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 30.5 mm (6-55 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 12.5 mm (3-22 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); ovate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NTH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): annual (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (1) [sources: NTH_2022]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1); epizoochory (1); hydrochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); birds (1); vertebrates (1); water (1) [sources: Draper_2023]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.55 mg (0.55-0.55 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_shape (categorical): lenticular (1) [sources: NTH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.6 m (0.6-0.6 m) [sources: NTH_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	23	25	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
NTH_2023	13	17	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
NTH_2022	4	4	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.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.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Crowley_2007	1	1	G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Nano_2011	1	1	C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.