Amaranthus hybridus

Family:AMARANTHACEAE
Species:Amaranthus hybridus L.
Common Name:Smooth Green Amaranth; Slim Amaranth; Smooth Pigweed
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:AMHY
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native, hyb (Global Rank)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyAMARANTHACEAE - Amaranth family
Genus Amaranthus
Species Amaranthus hybridus L. - Smooth Green Amaranth; Slim Amaranth; Smooth Pigweed

Citation

Citation Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 990. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: VIRGINIA: Without data (lectotype: LINN 1117.19). Lectotypified by C. C. Townsend, in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 71: 19. 1974.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Amaranthus chlorostachys Hist. Amaranth. 34. 1790. Without data (holotype: B-W).
Amaranthus chlorostachys var. erythrostachys Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur., ed. 2. 3: 482. 1959.Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus, var. erythrostachys Moquin-Tandon 1849; Amaranthus hypocondriacus Linnaeus 1753. 
Amaranthus hecticus Hist. Amaranth. 25. 1790.  
Amaranthus hybridus subsp. incurvatus Watsonia 4: 268. 1961.Amaranthus incurvatus Grenier & Godron 1846. 
Amaranthus hybridus subsp. patulus Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 11: 127. 1979.Amaranthus patulus Bertoloni 1837. 
Amaranthus hybridus var. chlorostachys Reichenbach, Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 24: 175. 1908.Amaranthus chlorostachys Willdenow 1790. 
Amaranthus hypocondriacus Sp. Pl. 991. 1753. VIRGINIA: Without data (lectotype: LINN 1117.24). Lectotypified by C. C. Townsend, in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Amaranthaceae 25. 1985.
Amaranthus laetus Hist. Amaranth. 28. 1790.  
Amaranthus leucospermus Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 446. 1887, nom. illegit.Amaranthus leucocarpus S. Watson 1875. 
Amaranthus retroflexus var. hybridus Manual, ed. 5. 412. 1867.Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus 1753. 
Amaranthus cruentus Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 1269. 1759. CHINA: Without data (lectotype: LINN 1117.25). Lectotypified by C. C. Townsend, in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 71: 12. 1974.
Amaranthus flavus Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 1269. 1759  
Amaranthus frumentaceus Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 609. 1832. INDIA:
Amaranthus hybridus subsp. cruentus Fl. Adv. Montpellier 205. 1912.Amaranthus cruentus Linnaeus 1759. 
Amaranthus hybridus subsp. paniculatus Dostal, Kvetevna CSSR 444. 1950.Amaranthus paniculatus Linnaeus 1763. 
Amaranthus hybridus var. erythrostachys de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 259. 1849.Amaranthus hypocondriacus Linnaeus 1753. 
Amaranthus hybridus var. hypocondriacus Rhodora 10: 32. 1908, nom. illegit.Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus, var. erythrostachys Moquin-Tandon 1849; Amaranthus hypocondriacus Linnaeus 1753. 
Amaranthus hybridus var. paniculatus Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 145. 1894.Amaranthus paniculatus Linnaeus 1763. 
Amaranthus hybridus subsp. hypocondriacus Fl. Adv. Montpellier 204. 1912.Amaranthus hypocondriacus Linnaeus 1753. 
Amaranthus hybridus var. leucocarpus Revista Argent. Agron. 10: 340. 1943.Amaranthus leucocarpus S. Watson 1875. 
Amaranthus hybridus var. patulus Fl. Adv. Montpellier 206. 1912.Amaranthus patulus Bertoloni 1837. 
Amaranthus hypocondriacus var. amentaceus Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 1: 185. 1953. KENYA: Without data, Hancock 39 (holotype: K).
Amaranthus incurvatus Fl. France Prosp. 8. 1846. FRANCE: Lyon, 1845, Timeroy s.n. (holotype: P
Amaranthus leucocarpus Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 347. 1875. ARIZONA:
Amaranthus paniculatus Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1406. 1763. Without data (lectotype: LINN 1117.20). Lectotypified by El Hadidi & El Hadidy, Taeckholmia, Addit. Ser. 1: 37. 1981.
Amaranthus paniculatus var. cruentus Martius, Fl. Bras. 5(1): 238. 1875.Amaranthus cruentus Linnaeus 1759. 
Amaranthus patulus Comment. Ital. Neap. 19, t. 2. 1837. ITALY: Naples, 1834, Bertoloni s.n. (holotype: BOLO).
Amaranthus retroflexus var. chlorostachys Manual, ed. 5. 412. 1867.Amaranthus chlorostachys Willdenow 1790. 
Amaranthus strictus Hist. Amaranth. 27. 1790.  
Galliaria hybrida Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 278. 1914.Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus 1753. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Barbour, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Cullman, DeKalb, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lee, Limestone, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Walker, Wilcox, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, BRIT, JSU, TROY, UNA, UNAF, USAM, UWAL, UWFP

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1891 - 1965

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
UNAF0000191 Lauderdale 21 Nov 1984 Phillips, Pam
s.n.
UNAF
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
AUA000026472 Crenshaw 4 Sep 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
9921
AUA
Amaranthus Hybridus L.
TROY000050908 Montgomery 02 Aug 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
29034
TROY
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
UNA00033275 Mobile 13 Oct 1891 Mohr, Charles
s.n.
UNA
Amaranthus hybridus L.
JSU113809 Morgan 7 Aug 1975 Whetstone, R. David
5956
JSU
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
UWFP001840 Escambia 29 Aug 1987 James R. Burkhalter
10688
UWFP
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
JSU113792 Calhoun 31 Aug 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
1097
JSU
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
BRIT68730 Mobile 15 Aug 1973 Kral, Robert
51373
BRIT
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
JSU113808 Morgan 15 Sep 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9120
JSU
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
TROY000036060 Butler 29 Jul 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23208
TROY
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
JSU113797 Etowah 3 Sep 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3475
JSU
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
BRIT68728 Marshall 25 Sep 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
3138
BRIT
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
AUA000026483 Pike 17 Oct 1994 Diamond, Alvin R.
9413
AUA
Amaranthus Hybridus L.
UNA00054535 Blount 05 Oct 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1701
UNA
Amaranthus hybridus L.
AMAL00008623 Winston 10 Aug 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12031
AMAL
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
UNA00069135 Cherokee 02 Nov 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12818
UNA
Amaranthus hybridus L.
AUA000026476 Greene 8 Sep 1970 Moore, Harold D.
918
AUA
Amaranthus Hybridus L.
JSU136359 Shelby 10 Sep 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12338
JSU
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
AMAL00005598 Calhoun 31 Aug 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
8607
AMAL
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
BRIT68724 Jefferson 04 Oct 1968 Kral, Robert
33646
BRIT
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
USAM000000960 Mobile 04 Sep 1975 LeLong, Michel G.
8679
USAM
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
UWAL0000065 Butler 05 Oct 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20260
UWAL
Amaranthus hybridus L.
AUA000026473 DeKalb 30 Oct 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12801
AUA
Amaranthus Hybridus L.
UNA00033280 Hale 25 Sep 1965 Williams, Norris H.
126
UNA
Amaranthus hybridus L.
JSU113801 Jackson 13 Aug 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1225
JSU
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
BRIT68722 Houston 22 Oct 1994 MacDonald, John R.
8111b
BRIT
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
JSU113794 Cullman 20 Jun 1975 Whetstone, R. David
4857
JSU
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
BRIT68729 Marshall 27 Sep 1972 Kral, Robert
48607
BRIT
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
AMAL00011810 Fayette 02 Oct 2004 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12198
AMAL
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
UWAL0009963 St. Clair 17 Jun 2009 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13182
UWAL
Amaranthus hybridus L.
AUA000026477 Hale 8 Sep 1970 Moore, Harold D.
890
AUA
Amaranthus Hybridus L.
USAM000000961 Mobile 27 Oct 1973 LeLong, Michel G.
7401
USAM
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
AMAL00014770 DeKalb 30 Oct 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12801
AMAL
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
TROY000014514 Crenshaw 06 Sep 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19902
TROY
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
AMAL00011336 Randolph 15 Oct 1988 Nixon, Christoper F.
4402
AMAL
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
AUA000026475 Fayette 2 Oct 2004 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12198
AUA
Amaranthus Hybridus L.
BRIT68726 Limestone 13 Oct 1969 Kral, Robert
37865
BRIT
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
UNA00033270 Mobile _ Sep _ Mohr, Charles
s.n.
UNA
Amaranthus hybridus L.
USAM000000957 Baldwin 15 Jun 1974 LeLong, Michel G.
7859
USAM
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
BRIT68720 Coffee 16 Jul 1999 MacDonald, John R.
13179
BRIT
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
JSU113793 Cullman 20 Jun 1975 Whetstone, R. David
4857
JSU
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
TROY000029173 Cherokee 02 Nov 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12818
TROY
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
UWAL0018238 Colbert 13 Sep 2014 England, J. Kevin
5134
UWAL
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
AUA000026484 Pike 31 Jul 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
9745
AUA
Amaranthus Hybridus L.
UNA00063020 Winston 10 Aug 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12031
UNA
Amaranthus hybridus L.
JSU113807 Morgan 7 Aug 1975 Whetstone, R. David
5956
JSU
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
AUA000036467 Morgan 15 Aug 2015 England, J. Kevin
5628
AUA
Amaranthus Hybridus L.
USAM000000955 Mobile 07 Aug 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3496.2
USAM
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
TROY000034788 St. Clair 17 Jun 2009 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13182
TROY
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
JSU113812 Talladega 15 Oct 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
5269
JSU
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
TROY000045062 Geneva 09 Feb 2017 Byrd, Cameron
730
TROY
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
UNAF0000190 Marion 17 Sep 1989 Markham, Todd
s.n.
UNAF
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
BRIT68733 Winston 10 Aug 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12031
BRIT
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
JSU113804 Jefferson 17 Oct 1975 Whetstone, R. David
7302
JSU
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
AUA000026485 Pike 23 Nov 1994 Diamond, Alvin R.
9462
AUA
Amaranthus Hybridus L.
BRIT68719 Baldwin 15 Jun 1974 Lelong, Michel G.
7859
BRIT
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
AMAL00014883 Cherokee 02 Nov 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12818
AMAL
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
UWAL0000067 Cherokee 02 Nov 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12818
UWAL
Amaranthus hybridus L.
BRIT68723 Jackson 13 Sep 1993 DiPietro, Teresa
340
BRIT
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
JSU113802 Jackson 14 Oct 1975 Whetstone, R. David
7445
JSU
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
AMAL00005599 Walker 20 Jul 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11464
AMAL
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
UWAL0000066 DeKalb 30 Oct 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12801
UWAL
Amaranthus hybridus L.
JSU113790 Calhoun 4 Sep 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
6629
JSU
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
AUA000026488 Winston 10 Aug 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12031
AUA
Amaranthus Hybridus L.
BRIT68725 Lauderdale 06 Nov 1980 Kral, Robert
66574
BRIT
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
UWAL0019910 Morgan 15 Aug 2015 England, J. Kevin
5628
UWAL
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
USAM000000959 Baldwin 15 Jun 1974 LeLong, Michel G.
7851
USAM
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
UWAL0038018 Baldwin 15 Jun 1974 LeLong, Michel G.
7851
UWAL
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
JSU113800 Etowah 18 Oct 1975 Whetstone, R. David
7363
JSU
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
TROY000029660 Conecuh 15 Aug 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20869
TROY
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
UWAL0000068 Crenshaw 06 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
19902
UWAL
Amaranthus hybridus L.
AMAL00011303 Calhoun 11 Oct 2010 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13295
AMAL
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
UNA00065455 Fayette 02 Oct 2004 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12198
UNA
Amaranthus hybridus L.
JSU113811 Morgan 7 Aug 1975 Whetstone, R. David
5956
JSU
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
AUA000026480 Lee 9 Oct 1971 Boone, Allison
276
AUA
Amaranthus Hybridus L.
USAM000000958 Mobile 06 Sep 1979 LeLong, Michel G.
10957
USAM
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
UNA00069124 DeKalb 30 Oct 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12801
UNA
Amaranthus hybridus L.
AUA000026482 Lee 5 Aug 1971 Spratling, R.E.
194
AUA
Amaranthus Hybridus L.
UNAF0000192 Lauderdale 18 Sep 1984 Daly, Robert
s.n.
UNAF
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
TROY000015842 Butler 05 Oct 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20260
TROY
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
JSU113803 Jefferson 17 Oct 1975 Whetstone, R. David
7302
JSU
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
BRIT68721 Hale 08 Sep 1970 Moore, Harold D.
890
BRIT
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
AMAL00012417 Lauderdale 06 Nov 1980 Kral, Robert
66574
AMAL
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
BRIT68732 Morgan 28 Aug 1969 Kral, Robert
36472
BRIT
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
UNAF0000189 Lauderdale 19 Jul 1973 Trimble, Jim
s.n.
UNAF
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
AUA000026487 Wilcox 10 Sep 1970 Moore, Harold D.
1122
AUA
Amaranthus Hybridus L.
TROY000013733 Winston 10 Aug 2003 Spaudling, Daniel D.
12031
TROY
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
TROY000029038 DeKalb 30 Oct 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12801
TROY
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
JSU113810 Morgan 7 Aug 1975 Whetstone, R. David
5956
JSU
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
UWAL0015113 Butler 29 Jul 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23208
UWAL
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
JSU113805 Marshall 30 Aug 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
2775
JSU
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
BRIT68731 Morgan 18 Sep 1976 Kral, Robert
56554
BRIT
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
JSU113791 Calhoun 24 Aug 1982 Whetstone, R. David
11982
JSU
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
TROY000013732 Fayette 02 Oct 2004 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12198
TROY
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
JSU113796 Etowah 5 Oct 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
4001
JSU
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
AUA000026479 Lee 21 Aug 1934 Robertson, J.H.
AUA
Amaranthus Hybridus L.
JSU113795 Etowah 18 Oct 1975 Whetstone, R. David
6873
JSU
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
UNA00060149 Mobile 22 Aug 1896 Mohr, Charles
s.n.
UNA
Amaranthus hybridus L.
JSU113789 Blount 5 Oct 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1701
JSU
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
AUA000026470 Barbour 18 Nov 1980 Webster, B.
116
AUA
Amaranthus Hybridus L.
BRIT68727 Madison 30 Aug 1999 Bryson, Charles T.
17586
BRIT
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
AMAL00011491 St. Clair 17 Jun 2009 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13182
AMAL
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
UWAL0009938 Calhoun 11 Oct 2010 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13295
UWAL
Amaranthus hybridus L.
JSU113806 Marshall 30 Jul 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
2501
JSU
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
AUA000026471 Conecuh 12 Sep 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3613
AUA
Amaranthus Hybridus L.
TROY000034731 Calhoun 11 Oct 2010 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13298
TROY
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
JSU113798 Etowah 7 Aug 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
2992
JSU
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
USAM000000956 Mobile 15 Aug 1972 LeLong, Michel G.
6738
USAM
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
UWAL0000969 Conecuh 15 Aug 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20869
UWAL
Amaranthus hybridus L.
JSU113799 Etowah 18 Oct 1975 Whetstone, R. David
7363
JSU
Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus
ALNHS00004028 St. Clair 26 Jul 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2381
ALNHS
Amaranthus hybridus L.
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