Galapagos Species Database
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Amaranthus blitum subsp. oleraceus
Purple amaranth
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Amaranthus
Species
blitum
Subspecies
subsp. oleraceus
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Syn.: Amaranthus lividus L. (POWO, 2022).
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1906
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Its native range is Paraguay to S. Brazil and NE. Argentina (POWO, 2022).
- WFO (2021) World Flora Online. Published on the Internet. http://www.worldfloraonline.org/ WFO (2021): World Flora Online. Published on the Internet; http://www.worldfloraonline.org.
- 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 blitum subsp. oleraceus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20231. Accessed 9 June 2025.