Biology:Amaranthus muricatus
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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Amaranthus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Amaranthus |
| Species: | A. muricatus
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| Amaranthus muricatus (Gillies ex Moq.) Hieron.[1]
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Amaranthus muricatus, the so-called African amaranth, is a species in the genus Amaranthus native to South America; Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay. It is an invasive species in Africa, Europe and Australia, and to a lesser degree in North America and Asia.[2] It is a decumbent perennial that does well in arid climates.[3]
A. muricatus may grow to about 60 cm tall. Its glabrous leaves are linear to lanceolate, about 2-5 cm long, with long petioles.[4] Small flowers are produced on compact, pyramidal panicles.[5] These flowers, which appear in summer and fall, produce wrinkled achenes, about 2 mm long, containing semiglossy, black, lenticular seeds that are typically 1-1.2 mm in diameter.[6][7]
References
- ↑ Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 4: 421 (1881)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Amaranthus muricatus (Gillies ex Moq.) Hieron.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1185180-2.
- ↑ Escudero, N.L.; Albarracín, G.; Fernández, S.; De Arellano, L.M.; Mucciarelli, S. (1999). "Nutrient and antinutrient composition of Amaranthus muricatus". Plant Foods for Human Nutrition 54 (4): 327–336. doi:10.1023/A:1008149721435. PMID 10798343. http://www.pfigueiredo.org/Bro42.pdf. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ↑ Mifsud, Stephen (2002-08-23). "Amaranthus muricatus (African Amaranth): MaltaWildPlants.com - the online Flora of the Maltese Islands." (in en-us). http://www.maltawildplants.com/AMAR/Amaranthus_muricatus.php.
- ↑ "Amaranthus muricatus in Global Plants on JSTOR". https://plants.jstor.org/compilation/amaranthus.muricatus?searchUri=.
- ↑ "Amaranthys muricatus: Rough-fruited Amaranth". https://species.nbnatlas.org/species/NBNSYS0200001741.
- ↑ "Amaranthus muricatus (Gillies ex Moq.) Hieron". http://floraofgibraltar.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/280/descriptions.
Wikidata ☰ Q5671840 entry
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