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caudatus

Taxon

Amaranthus caudatus L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 990. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Amaranthus caudatus--Ethiopia. Wendo Genet, near Wabe Shebelle Hotel. 13 Jul 04. 018.jpg

Amaranthus caudatus--Ethiopia. Wendo Genet, near Wabe Shebelle Hotel. 13 Jul 04. 018.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Amaranthus caudatus--Ethiopia. Wendo Genet, near Wabe Shebelle Hotel. 13 Jul 04. 019.jpg

Amaranthus caudatus--Ethiopia. Wendo Genet, near Wabe Shebelle Hotel. 13 Jul 04. 019.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru; introduced into 116 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

July 13, 2004

Location

Ethiopia, Southern Nations, Sidma

7.098611, 36.640833

Location Remarks

South of Shashemene and east of Wondo Genet, near Wabe Shebelle Hotel. Degraded forest fragment near the hotel

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Amaranthaceae

Genus

Amaranthus

Specific Epithet

caudatus

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.0

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#267,914 of 335,497

Top 80%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →