- Family : AMARANTHACEAE
(Amaranth Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GARUNDI FAMILY (गरूण्डी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Amaranthaceae
- Synonym(s) : Amaranthus angustifolius M.Bieb. ex Willd.; Amaranthus blitum var. graecizans (L.) Moq.; Amaranthus graecizans var. normalis Kuntze; Amaranthus graecizans var. pachytepalus Aellen; Amaranthus hierichuntinus Vis.; Amaranthus paolii Chiov.; Amaranthus roxburghianus var. aschersonianus (Thell.) N.C.Nair; Amaranthus tenuifolius Willd.; Blitum graecizans (L.) Moench; Galliaria graecizans (L.) Nieuwl.; Glomeraria graecizans (L.) Cav.; Mengea tenuifolia (Willd.) Moq.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Amaranthus graecizans L.
- Common name : Prostrate Amaranth, Mediterranean amaranth, Short-tepalled pigweed
- Vernacular name :
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Along drains, gravelly soil
- Flower, Fruit : May-October
- Distribution :
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Azores, Baleares, Bangladesh, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Greece, Gulf
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Azores, Baleares, Bangladesh, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Greece, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Gulf States, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, North Caucasus, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Literature :
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 204
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Amaranthus graecizans. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.
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