Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Amaranthus hybridus subsp. quitensis
amaranthus
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Amaranthus
Species
hybridus
Subspecies
subsp. quitensis
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Syn.: Amaranthus quitensis Kunth fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Missouri Botanical Garden (2010)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Christophersen, E. (1932) A Collection of Plants from the Galápagos Islands. Nyt Mag. Naturvidenskaberne 70: 67-95.
- 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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"Galapagos Species Database, Amaranthus hybridus subsp. quitensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16726. Accessed 2 November 2026.