familyAmaranthaceae
genusAmaranthus
subgenusAmaranthus subg. Acnida
sectionAmaranthus sect. Acnida

Amaranthus sect. Acnida

(Linnaeus) Mosyakin & K. R. Robertson

Ann. Bot. Fenn. 33: 277. 1996.

Sergei L. Mosyakin, Kenneth R. Robertson
Basionym: Undefined sect. Acnida Linnaeus Sp. Pl.,Gen. Pl. ed. 2: 1027. 1753,5, 452. 1754
Synonyms: Acnida sect. Acnidastrum Moquin-Tandon Acnida sect. Montelia Moquin-Tandon
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 415. Mentioned on page 419.
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Plants annual, glabrous. Bracts not enfolding flower, not leaflike, narrowly elliptic to subulate-linear, margins entire, plane (or in some species indistinctly undulate). Pistillate flowers: tepals absent or 1–2, reduced-linear or linear-lanceolate. Utricles usually indehiscent (dehiscent in some forms of A. tuberculatus).

Distribution

North America, Mexico, West Indies, South America.

Discussion

Species 4 (4 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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Author
Sergei L. Mosyakin +  and Kenneth R. Robertson +
Authority
(Linnaeus) Mosyakin & K. R. Robertson +
Basionyms
Undefined sect. Acnida +
Distribution
North America +, Mexico +, West Indies +  and South America. +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey +
Number of lower taxa
4 +
Publication title
Ann. Bot. Fenn. +
Publication year
1996 +
Reference
None +
Source xml
https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse grained fna xml/V4/V4 810.xml +
Synonyms
Acnida sect. Acnidastrum +  and Acnida sect. Montelia +
Taxon family
Amaranthaceae +
Taxon name
Amaranthus sect. Acnida +
Taxon parent
Amaranthus subg. Acnida +
Taxon rank
section +
Volume
Volume 4 +