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Amaranthus macrocarpus

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Family Amaranthaceae

Taxonomy: Amaranthus macrocarpus Benth.

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Amaranthus macrocarpus Benth. subsp. macrocarpus (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Amaranthus macrocarpus Benth. var. macrocarpus (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Amaranthus macrocarpus subsp. pallidus (Benth.) N.Bayon (taxonomic synonym)
  • Amaranthus macrocarpus var. melanocarpus Thell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Amaranthus macrocarpus var. pallida Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Amaranthus macrocarpus var. pallidus Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Amaranthus macrocarpus var. rhodocarpus Aellen (taxonomic synonym)
  • Amarantus macrocarpus Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Euxolus macrocarpus (Benth.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2024 (15), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (16), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (12), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (6), Wenk_2023 (3), White_2020 (60). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 43 traits from 146 records in 15 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
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3.25 mm (2.5-4 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): utricle (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (6) [sources: NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (2); yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 17.9 mm (8-40 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 10.62 mm (4-18 mm) [sources: NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); narrowly_ovate (1); oblong (3); obovate (2); ovate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (5) [sources: NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (9) [sources: NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (6) [sources: NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (6) [sources: NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (2); prostrate (4); spreading (1) [sources: NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; White_2020]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (3); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1); epizoochory (1); hydrochory (1); zoochory (4) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); birds (1); invertebrates (3); vertebrates (1); water (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyynnnnnnnny (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: White_2020]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.27 mg (0.27-0.27 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); lenticular (3) [sources: NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202060M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NTH_20231216D. 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/.
NHNSW_2024715N. 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/.
RBGV_20231012VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202378S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202226E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NTH_202244D. 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/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202244S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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_202333J. 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_202313E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Kew_2019_612Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.