Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Amaranthus anderssonii
amaranthus
Stems spreading or erect often profesly branched, leaves elliptic to obovate, flowers monoecious in condensed axillary cymules, middle part of sepals arkening and striate in fruit and seed lenticular roundly ovate with colors between reddish brown or chestnut brown.
This species is widespread at low elevations in the coastal zone and dry zone in open vegetation (Wiggins and Porter 1972).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Amaranthus
Species
anderssonii
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Scleropus urceolatus Andersson, fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010). In Robinson (1902) and Stewart (1911) as Amanthera urceolatus. Amblogyna urceolata Andersson and Amaranthus anderssonii fo. erectus Howell in Wiggins, I.L., Porter, D.M., 1971.
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Species widely distributed in the coastal zone of several Galapagos islands, represented by few collections, without further information.
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- Adsersen, H. (s.a.) Field notes, 1974 and 1977 collections Charles darwin Research Station, unpublished Manuscript.
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
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- Howell, J.T. (1933) The Amaranthaceae of the Galapagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 21(9) 87-116.
- Eliasson, U. (1966) Studies in Galápagos Plants. III. Centrospermae. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 60: 393-439.
- Eliasson, U. (1989) Especies de Amaranthaceae en las Islas Galápagos y sus relaciones con las especies del continente Sudamericano. Pg. 33 - 38. Memorias. Taller sobre investigación Botánica y menejos en Galápagos.
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
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"Galapagos Species Database, Amaranthus anderssonii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=158. Accessed 29 April 2025.