EPPO Global Database

Amaranthus hybridus(AMACH)

Overview
Code created in: 2004-04-10

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: AMACH
  • Preferred name: Amaranthus hybridus
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Canada (Ontario), USA (eastern), Mexico, Central America, South America (northwestern). Widespread as a weed in warmer parts of the world. Introduced in Euromediterranean region, Western Asia (Arabia to Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina (except Myanmar), China, Japan, Korea, Africa (except Mauretania, Niger, Somalia, Mozambique), Canada (British Columbia, Québec), USA (western), Caribbean, South America (beyond its original range), Australia (except Tasmania).


A. hybridus is the wild progenitor of several cultivated amaranths: A. caudatus, A. cruentus (q.v.), A. hypochondriacus (q.v.). These plants are grown as ornamentals or for their grain, they do not exist in the wild, and are not weeds. A. patulus Bertoloni is a spreading form of A. hybridus.

There is continuing disagreement whether the correct name for the whole complex should be A. hybridus or A. cruentus. The situation appears to be inextricable.


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Amaranthus chlorostachys Willdenow
Amaranthus erythrostachys Moquin-Tandon
Amaranthus hybridus subsp. patulus (Bertoloni)Thellung
Amaranthus patulus Bertoloni

Common names
Name Language
green amaranth English (GB)
green pigweed English (US)
panicled amaranth English
slim amaranth English (AU)
smooth pigweed English (US)
spleen amaranth English
wild blite English
Bastardamarant German
grünähriger Amarant German
grünähriger Fuchsschwanz German
schlankähriger Fuchsschwanz German
amarante à épi vert clair French
amarante hybride French
amarante paniculée French
amarante verte French
queue-de-renard à épi vert clair French
amaranto híbrido Spanish
ataco Spanish (CO)
bledo Spanish
bledo manso Spanish (HN)
bledo sin espinas Spanish
jataco Spanish (BO)
moco de pavo Spanish (CL)
penacho Spanish (CL)
quelite Spanish (HN)
tataco Spanish (BO)
yucco Spanish (BO)
amaranto a spiga verde Italian
basterdamarant Dutch
groene amarant Dutch
beldro Portuguese
bredo Portuguese
bredos Portuguese
bredo-vermelho Portuguese
caruru-branco Portuguese (BR)
caruru-de-folha-larga Portuguese (BR)
caruru-roxo Portuguese
carurú-roxo Portuguese
caruru-vermelho Portuguese
crista-de-galo Portuguese
nålamarant Swedish
honaga-aogeitô Japanese
hoso-aogeitô Japanese
murasaki-aogeitô Japanese
ホソアオゲイトウ Japanese
ホナガアオゲイトウ Japanese
ムラサキアオゲイトゥ Japanese
амарант тёмный Russian
щирица гибридная Russian
щирица метельчатая Russian
topamarant Danish
toppamarant Norwegian
hoikkarevonhäntä Finnish
viljarevonhäntä Finnish
melez mancar Turkish
szarłat prosty Polish
szarłat zielony Polish
karcsú disznóparéj Hungarian
terpedt disznóparéj Hungarian
nena hibride Albanian
nenë Albanian
хибриден щир Bulgarian
marxant menut Catalan
lǜ suì xiàn Chinese
绿穗苋 Chinese
križani šćir Croatian
laskavec rozkladitý Czech
laskavec zvrhlý Czech
긴털비름 Korean
gin teol bi reum Korean
știr hibrid Romanian
láskavec bastardný Slovak
láskavec hybridný Slovak
izrodni ščirovke Slovene
щириця гібридна Ukrainian