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Amaranthus spinosus - Spines - Click to enlarge!

Spines; Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria; 6/2010 © Jörn Germer

Amaranthus spinosus - Terminal inflorescence with stamens - Click to enlarge!

Terminal inflorescence with stamens; Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria; 6/2010 © Jörn Germer

Amaranthus spinosus - Globular inflorescence of female flowers in the stem axils - Click to enlarge!

Globular inflorescence of female flowers in the stem axils; Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria; 6/2010 © Jörn Germer

Amaranthus spinosus - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria; 6/2010 © Jörn Germer

Amaranthus spinosus - Branch - Click to enlarge!

Branch; Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria; 6/2010 © Jörn Germer

Amaranthus spinosus - Click to enlarge!

Line drawing; Source: Lit.# [13]

Dataset

Identifier: 1324
Date of entry: 14.06.2010
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Spiny amaranth

German: Dorniger Fuchsschwanz

Mandarin: 刺苋 (ci xian)

Portuguese: Carurú de espinho

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Caryophyllales (114)

        Family: Amaranthaceae (17)(family description)

          Genus: Amaranthus (2)

            Epithet: spinosus L. (2)

spinosus => having spines or thorns

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: herb

External links

Check for Amaranthus spinosus at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

  • [13] Sauerborn E., Sauerborn J. (1985): Wichtige Unkrautarten der Tropen und Subtropen. Verlag Josef Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany.

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