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 arenariaSchur
- Albersia ascendensFourr.
- Albersia blitum(L.) Kunth
- Albersia lividaKunth
- Amaranthus albusRodsch. ex F.Dietr.
- Amaranthus aliusE.H.L.Krause
- Amaranthus ascendensLoisel.
- Amaranthus berchtoldiiSeidl ex Opiz
- Amaranthus blitoniusSt.-Lag.
- Amaranthus blitum subsp. polygonoides(Moq.) Carretero
- Amaranthus blitum var. ascendens(Loisel.) DC.
- Amaranthus blitum var. blitum
- Amaranthus blitum var. polygonoidesMoq.
- Amaranthus diffususDulac
- Amaranthus gangeticusWall.
- Amaranthus graecizans var. blitum(L.) Kuntze
- Amaranthus lividusHort.Petrop. ex Hook.f.
- Amaranthus lividus subsp. ascendens(Loisel.) Thell. ex Wacht.
- Amaranthus lividus subsp. ascendens(Loisel.) Thell. ex Wacht.
- Amaranthus lividus subsp. lividus
- Amaranthus lividus subsp. polygonoides(Moq.) Thell. ex Probst
- Amaranthus lividus var. ascendens(Loisel.) Thell.
- Amaranthus lividus var. ascendens(Loisel.) Thell.
- Amaranthus lividus var. polygonoides(Moq.) Thell.
- Amaranthus minorGray
- Amaranthus mucronatusPoir.
- Amaranthus oleraceusRodsch.
- Amaranthus pallidusM.Bieb.
- Amaranthus polygonoidesZoll. ex Moq.
- Amaranthus prostratusBastard
- Amaranthus ruderalisKoch ex Moq.
- Amaranthus tenuiflorusFisch.Hort.Hal. ex Moq.
- Amaranthus tenuifoliusRoxb.
- Amaranthus viridisAll.
- Blitum maiusScop.
- Euxolus aliusE.H.L.Krause
- Euxolus ascendens(Loisel.) Hara
- Euxolus viridis var. ascendens(Lois) Moq.
- Glomeraria blitum(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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