Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Amaranthus caudatus
sangorache verde, quinua de castilla, love-lies-bleeding, quelite
Plants moderately pubescent distally, Stems erect. Inflorescences terminal, drooping or nodding, usually red, purple, or white. Bracts narrowly lanceolate to linear. Flowers mostly at tips of inflorescences; tepals (4-)5; stamens 5. Seeds dark brown to brownish black or reddish brown (WFO, 2022)
It is has environmental uses and social uses, as animal food and a medicine and for food (POWO, 2022)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Amaranthus
Species
caudatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Amaranthus cruentus L.
Taxon origin: Introduced - established
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Year of first record: 1985
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Its native range is Ecuador to NW. Argentina (POWO, 2022)
- Flores, E. (1985) Censo de Plantas Introducidas desde el Canal de Itabaca hasta Puerto Ayora. Tesis de Ingeniero Forestal, Univ. Técnica Luis Vargas Torres, Esmeraldas: 1-132.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Quintana, M.C. (2010) Wild plants in the dry valleys around Quito-Ecuador. Publicaciones del Herbario QCA, PUCE. Quito-Ecuador, 266 pp.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276