Galapagos Species Database
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Amaranthus polygonoides subsp. urceolatus
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
polygonoides
Subspecies
subsp. urceolatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Amaranthus anderssonii J.T. Howell;
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.
- Iamonico, D. (2020) Nomenclatural survey of the genus Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae). 11. Dioecious Amaranthus species belonging to the sect. Saueranthus. Iamonico, D. (2020). Nomenclatural survey of the genus Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae). 11. Dioecious Amaranthus species belonging to the section Saueranthus. Darwiniana, New Series, 8(2), 567–575. https://doi.org/10.14522/darwiniana.2020.82.898
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"Galapagos Species Database, Amaranthus polygonoides subsp. urceolatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25610. Accessed 3 April 2026.