Taxon:  Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. blitum



Summary
Genus:
Amaranthus
Subgenus:
Albersia
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Nomen number:
430519
Verified:
02/04/2003 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
5 (5  active, 5  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Amaranthus blitum L. (0 active accession[s])
Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. emarginatus (Moq. ex Uline & Bray) Carretero et al. var. pseudogracilis (Thell.) Costea (3 active accession[s])
Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. emarginatus (Salzm. ex Uline & Bray) Carretero et al. (0 active accession[s])
Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. emarginatus (Salzm. ex Uline & Bray) Carretero et al. var. emarginatus (Salzm. ex Uline & Bray) Costea (0 active accession[s])
Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. oleraceus (L.) Costea (3 active accession[s])
Amaranthus blitum L. var. blitum (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amaranthus ascendens Loisel.
Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. ascendens (Loisel.) Schübl. & G. Martens

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Costea, M. et al. 2001. Notes on some little known Amaranthus taxa (Amaranthaceae) in the United States. Sida 19:979.
  2. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1197.
  3. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Germanaufsteigender Fuchsschwanz  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1197.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNotecitation_id
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  0
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  0
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  0
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  0
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  0
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  0
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  0
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  0
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  0
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  0
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  0
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  0
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  0
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  0
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  0
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  0
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  0
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeNorth Macedonia  0
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  0
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  0
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  0
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  0
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  0
4Naturalized    widely natzd.0
6Other    exact native range obscure0
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Turkey
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Turkmenistan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Hungary
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Italy, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Naturalized (widely natzd.)
Other (exact native range obscure)

Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Weed  Costea, M. et al. 2001. Notes on some little known Amaranthus taxa (Amaranthaceae) in the United States. Sida 19:979.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=430519. Accessed 14 April 2026.