EPPO Global Database

Amaranthus caudatus(AMACA)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-03-10

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: AMACA
  • Preferred name: Amaranthus caudatus
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

A. caudatus exists only as a cultivated plant, probably derived from A. hybridus in Central America. It is cultivated as a garden ornamental. Though it may occasionally naturalize, it is not, like other members of its genus, a noxious weed.


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Amaranthus abyssinicus L.H. Bailey
Amaranthus caudatus subsp. mantegazzianus (Passerini) Hanelt
Amaranthus dussii Sprenger
Amaranthus mantegazzianus Passerini
Amaranthus sanguineus Linnaeus
Euxolus caudatus (Linnaeus) Moquin-Tandon

Common names
Name Language
garden amaranth English (GB)
inca wheat English (US)
jataco English (AU)
love-lies-bleeding English (AU)
tassel flower English
velvet flower English
Fuchsschwanzamarant German
Gartenamarant German
Gartenfuchsschwanz German
geschwänzter Fuchsschwanz German
roter Katzenschweif German
amarante des jardins French
amarante queue-de-renard French
discipline de religieuse French
kiwicha French
queue de renard French
queue de renard des jardins French
queue-de-renard des jardins French
kiwicha Spanish (BO)
moco de pavo Spanish
mosca de pavo Spanish
quelite bledo Spanish (HN)
trigo del inca Spanish
amaranto coda rossa Italian
amaranto codato Italian
disciplina delle monache Italian
disciplina religiosa Italian
kattenstaartamarant Dutch
kattestaartamarant Dutch
bredo-macho Portuguese
cauda-de-raposa Portuguese
chorão-de-jardim Portuguese
chorões-dos-jardins Portuguese
disciplina-de-freira Portuguese (BR)
moncos-de-Peru Portuguese
rabo-de-gato Portuguese (BR)
rävsvans Swedish
röd amarant Swedish
himogeitô Japanese
ヒモゲイトウ Japanese
амарант хвостатый Russian
лисий хвост Russian
щирица хвостатая Russian
rævehale-amarant Danish
reveamarant Norwegian
punarevonhäntä Finnish
uzun horozibiği Turkish
szarłat zwisły Polish
bókoló disznóparéj Hungarian
lǎo qiāng gǔ Chinese
老枪谷 Chinese
črljena loboda Croatian
laskavec ocasatý Czech
줄맨드라미 Korean
jul maen deu ra mi Korean
nasul curcanului Romanian
láskavec chvostový Slovak
purmanov žnoder Slovene
repati ščirovke Slovene
щириця хвостата Ukrainian