Galapagos Species Database

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Amaranthus caudatus L.

sangorache verde, quinua de castilla, love-lies-bleeding, quelite

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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)

Taxonomy

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

Introduction

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

Distribution

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)

References

  • 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
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