EPPO Global Database

• EPPO Code: AMASP
• Preferred name: Amaranthus spinosus
• Authority: Linnaeus

Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (except southern cone). Introduced in some European countries, Russian Far East, Western Asia (Arabia to Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China (including Taiwan), Japan, Korea, Africa (except Somalia and Cape), New Guinea, USA, Canada, Australia (Queensland, New South Wales), New Zealand