EPPO Global Database

Amaranthus retroflexus(AMARE)

Overview
Code created in: 2004-04-29

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: AMARE
  • Preferred name: Amaranthus retroflexus
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Mexico. Introduced as a weed in the Euromediterranean region, Caucasus, Siberia and Russian Far East, Central Asia, Western Asia (Irak to Pakistan), China, Japan, Africa (Mauretania, Tchad, Zambia, Zimbabwe), South America (Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay, most of Brazil, Chile, Argentina),  Australia (Western, South, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania), New Zealand

 WSSA list of weeds in North America

Introduced and invasive in Central Russia


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Amaranthus delilei Richter & Loret
Amaranthus spicatus Lamarck
Amaranthus strictus Tenore

Common names
Name
Language
nena e përveshur Albanian
nenë Albanian
bledo Aragonese
обикновен щир Bulgarian
marxant gros Catalan
fǎn zhī xiàn Chinese
反枝苋 Chinese
oštrodlakavi šćir Croatian
laskavec ohnutý Czech
laskavec srstnatý Czech
opret amarant Danish
papegaaiekruid Dutch
pigweed English
redroot amaranth English
redroot pigweed English
wild amaranth English
redroot English (AU)
common amaranth English (GB)
careless weed English (US)
slender pigweed English (US)
tähkjas rebashein Estonian
viherrevonhäntä Finnish
amarante réfléchie French
blé rouge French
bledo Galician
bredo Galician
Ackerfuchsschwanz German
Bogenfuchsschwanz German
krummer Amarant German
krummer Fuchsschwanz German
rauhaariger Fuchsschwanz German
rauhhaariger Amarant German
rauhhaariger Fuchsschwanz German
zurückgebogener Amarant German
zurückgekrümmter Amarant German
zurückgekrümmter Fuchsschwanz German
αμάραντος ανακαμπτόμενος Greek
τραχύ βλήτο Greek
yarbuz mufshal Hebrew
יַרְבּוּז מֻפְשָׁל Hebrew
szőrös disznóparéj Hungarian
amaranto comune Italian
biedone Italian
blito Italian
aogeito Japanese
aogeitô Japanese
アオゲイト Japanese
アオゲイトウ Japanese
teol bi reum Korean
털비름 Korean
liektā kaķaste Latvian
šiurkštusis burnotis Lithuanian
duskamarant Norwegian
blets Occitan
caramùda Occitan
chiscle Occitan
szarłat szorstki Polish
beldros Portuguese
bredo Portuguese
moncos-de-peru Portuguese
moncos-de-perú Portuguese
caruru-gigante Portuguese (BR)
ştir-sălbatic Romanian
ştir-verde Romanian
щирица запрокинутая Russian
obični štir Serbian
штир Serbian
láskavec ohnutý Slovak
navadni ščirovke Slovene
atacu Spanish
atreu Spanish
bledo Spanish
bledo rojo Spanish (HN)
quelite Spanish (HN)
quentonil Spanish (HN)
svinamarant Swedish
tilkikuyruğu Turkish
щириця загнута Ukrainian