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Reference: Karthikeyan, S., Sanjappa, M. and Moorthy, S. 2009. Flowering Plants of India, Dicotyledons, vol-I (Acanthaceea- Avicenniaceae). Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. p.p. 71-73.
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. Amaranthus deflexus Linn. (No distribution in India)
Amaranthus graecizans subsp. graecizans (No distribution in India)
Amaranthus graecizans subsp. thellungianus (Nevski) Gusev (Syn: Amaranthus blitum var. polygonoides Moq.)
Amaranthus hybridus subsp. cruentus (Linn.) Thell. (Syn: Amaranthus cruentus* L.; Amaranthus paniculatus* L.) = Amaranthus cruentus L.
Amaranthus hybridus_subsp._hybridus var. erythrostachys Moq. in DC. (Syn: Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.) = Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.
Amaranthus lividus Linn. (Syn: Amaranthus blitum L.; Amaranthus oleraceus L.)= Amaranthus blitum subsp. oleraceus (L.) Costea
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Amaranthus hybridus subsp. cruentus (L.) Thell. (Syn: Amaranthus paniculatus L.) = Amaranthus cruentus L.
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Amaranthus blitum Linnaeus (Syn: A. lividus Linnaeus)
Amaranthus cruentus Linnaeus (Syn: Amaranthus paniculatus Linnaeus; A. hybridus Linnaeus subsp. cruentus (Linnaeus) Thellung; A. hybridus var. paniculatus (Linnaeus) Thellung.)
Amaranthus hypochondriacus Linnaeus (Syn: Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus var. hypochondriacus (Linnaeus) Robinson; A. hybridus subsp. hypochondriacus (Linnaeus) Thellung.)
Amaranthus tricolor Linnaeus (Syn: Amaranthus gangeticus Linnaeus)
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I have updated eFI (efloraofindia) page on Amaranthus (Pl. click). Attempts have been made to incorporate most of the species available in India & nearby areas with details & keys directly or through links as far as possible. It’s quite possible that there may be some discrepancy in the accepted names & synonyms taken from other links. Species discussed so far in efloraofindia are given at the bottom of the page in the form of links against Subpages. On clicking them one can see all the details. If someone can provide complete list of Indian species with source references it will be wonderful. I have added list of Indian species based on Karthikeyan et al 2009. Thanks a lot, … However, the following are badly missing here:
Amaranthus hybridus subsp. cruentus (Linn.) Thell. (Syn: Amaranthus cruentus* L.; Amaranthus paniculatus* L.) = Amaranthus cruentus L.
Amaranthus hybridus_subsp._hybridus var. erythrostachys Moq. in DC. (Syn: Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.) = Amaranthus hypochondriacus L. It is probably a problem due to synonyms. Amaranthus hybridus subsp. cruentus (Linn.) Thell. (Syn: Amaranthus cruentus* L.; Amaranthus paniculatus* L.) = Amaranthus cruentus L. IS CONSIDERED A SYNONYM OF A.HYBRIDUS L. IN THIS WORK.
Amaranthus hybridus_subsp._hybridus var. erythrostachys Moq. in DC. (Syn: Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.) = Amaranthus hypochondriacus L. IS MENTIONED AS A. HYBRIDUS L. VAR. ERYTHROSTACHYS IN THIS WORK. . ID key of various Amaranthus in the Bengal Plants (i am trying to grasp; and for future ref.) :-
Bracts awned or setaceous, equalling or exceeding the sepals; utricle dehiscent, circumscissile; leaves long-petioled :-
(i) stamens 5, sepals 5, …with spines… ———- A. spinosus L. (an erect spinescent herb)
(ii) stamens 5, sepals 5, … stems striate; leaves acute or acuminate; spikes thyrsoid; bracts recurved, much exceeding the oblong-lanceolate, acuminate sepals —– A. paniculatus L. (now syn. of Amaranthus cruentus L.) (a tall robust annual, cultivated)
(iii) stamens 5, sepals 5, … stems striate; leaves obtuse, rarely acute; spike thyrsoid; bracts hardly recurved, not much exceeding the obovate, mucronate sepals —– A. caudatus L. (a tall robust annual, cultivated)
(iv) stamens 3, sepals 3, leaves obtuse or emarginate; erect; flowers clustered in lower axils and also forming a long terminal spike; sepals long awned; stems branching above the middle —– A. gangeticus L. (now syn. of Amaranthus tricolor L.) (an erect stout annual, very variable in colour and shape of leaves, cultivated)
(iv b) ……do……; stems branching near the base; yielding several crops annually —– A. gangeticus var. tristis (Amaranthus tricolor L. subsp. tristis (L.) Thell. now a syn. of Amaranthus tricolor L.) (annual with ,many prostrate branches, cultivated)
(v) stamens 3, sepals 3, leaves obtuse or emarginate; diffuse; flowers clustered, all axillary, sepals short-awned ——– A. mangostanus L. (now syn. of Amaranthus tricolor L.) a diffusely branched annual, perhaps a feral state of A. gangeticus var. tristis)
Bracts acute, hardly awned, shorter than sepals; utricle indehiscent or rarely dehiscent; leaves obtuse, rounded or notched :-
(vi) stamens 3, sepals 3; utricle acute at the tip, rugose; clusters axillary and in terminal panicled slender spikes; leaves green —– A. viridis L. (a slender annual)
(vi b) ….. do ………; leaves with a pale crescentic , transverse band ——— A. viridis var. fasciata (a slender annual)
(vii) stamens 3, sepals 3; utricle blunt at the tip, membranous, orbicular or broadly ovate; procumbent; leaves small, 2-lobed; clusters all axillary ——- A. blitum L. (a procumbent annual weed)
(vii b) …..do ……; tall, succulent; leaves large, oblong or rounded; clusters axillary and in terminal, simple or lobed spikes ———- A. blitum var. oleracea (a tall succulent annual, cultivated)
(viii) stamens 3, sepals 3; utricle blunt at the tip, utricle rugose, ovoid, indehiscent or dehiscent; leaves obtuse, rarely retuse or 2-lobed; clusters all axillary —– A. polygamus L. (now a syn. of Amaranthus tricolor L.) (a prostrate annual weed)
(ix) stamens 2, sepals 2; utricle orbicular, compressed; clusters minute, all axillary; leaves small, linear-oblong, with rounded, obtuse or 2-lobed tip —– A. tenuifolius Willd. (a prostrate annual weed)
F. B. I has one more –
Amaranthus caturus Heyne (The Identity of Amaranthus caturus Heyne – Jstor) = tall, glabrous, leaves long-petioled elliptic-lanceolate acuminate thin, nerves very slender, clusters small globose soft green in very long and very slender axillary simple and terminal panicled spikes……. stem 2-3 ft., very slender……… Deccan Peninsula I would further like to add that Amaranthus gangeticus L. of the “Bengal Plants” includes following species of Flora Indica ;-
“Bengal Plants” also describes –
About A. gangeticus var. tristis, the “Bengal Plants” describes –
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