Amaranthus blitum
A species in the Amaranthaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Amaranthus
- Species
- Amaranthus blitum
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1753
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Amaranthus blitum. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
39 synonyms in this snapshot
- Albersia arenariaName author: Schur
- Albersia ascendensName author: Fourr.
- Albersia blitumName author: (L.) Kunth
- Albersia lividaName author: Kunth
- Amaranthus albusName author: Rodsch. ex F.Dietr.
- Amaranthus aliusName author: E.H.L.Krause
- Amaranthus ascendensName author: Loisel.
- Amaranthus berchtoldiiName author: Seidl ex Opiz
- Amaranthus blitoniusName author: St.-Lag.
- Amaranthus blitum subsp. polygonoidesName author: (Moq.) Carretero
- Amaranthus blitum var. ascendensName author: (Loisel.) DC.
- Amaranthus blitum var. blitumName author: Not supplied
- Amaranthus blitum var. polygonoidesName author: Moq.
- Amaranthus diffususName author: Dulac
- Amaranthus gangeticusName author: Wall.
- Amaranthus graecizans var. blitumName author: (L.) Kuntze
- Amaranthus lividusName author: Hort.Petrop. ex Hook.f.
- Amaranthus lividus subsp. ascendensName author: (Loisel.) Thell. ex Wacht.
- Amaranthus lividus subsp. ascendensName author: (Loisel.) Thell. ex Wacht.
- Amaranthus lividus subsp. lividusName author: Not supplied
- Amaranthus lividus subsp. polygonoidesName author: (Moq.) Thell. ex Probst
- Amaranthus lividus var. ascendensName author: (Loisel.) Thell.
- Amaranthus lividus var. ascendensName author: (Loisel.) Thell.
- Amaranthus lividus var. polygonoidesName author: (Moq.) Thell.
- Amaranthus minorName author: Gray
- Amaranthus mucronatusName author: Poir.
- Amaranthus oleraceusName author: Rodsch.
- Amaranthus pallidusName author: M.Bieb.
- Amaranthus polygonoidesName author: Zoll. ex Moq.
- Amaranthus prostratusName author: Bastard
- Amaranthus ruderalisName author: Koch ex Moq.
- Amaranthus tenuiflorusName author: Fisch.Hort.Hal. ex Moq.
- Amaranthus tenuifoliusName author: Roxb.
- Amaranthus viridisName author: All.
- Blitum maiusName author: Scop.
- Euxolus aliusName author: E.H.L.Krause
- Euxolus ascendensName author: (Loisel.) Hara
- Euxolus viridis var. ascendensName author: (Lois) Moq.
- Glomeraria blitumName author: (L.) Cav.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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