Descourtilz, M.E., Flore [pittoresque et] médicale des Antilles (1821-1829)
Fl. Méd. Antilles

---

vol. 5 (1827)

---

t. 307

---

<        >        navigate through volume

---

Amaranthus blitum L.

---

name cited:
Amaranthus oleraceus L.
name recognized:
Amaranthus blitum L.

---

drawing: J.T. Descourtilz

---

family: Amaranthaceae
subfamily: Amaranthoideae
tribe: Amarantheae
subtribe: Amaranthinae

---

epithet cited: oleraceus,-a,-um

---

epithet recognized: blitum

---

Illustration contributed by:
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A.

---

link to this page:
http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=91340

---

contact about this record

---

synonyms:

homotypic synonyms:
Albersia blitum var. oleraceus (L.) Hook.f.; Amaranthus blitum subsp. oleraceus (L.) Costea; Amaranthus blitum var. graecizans (L.) Moq.;
heterotypic synonyms:
Albersia arenaria Schur; Albersia ascendens Fourr.; Albersia blitum Kunth; Albersia livida Kunth; Amaranthus adscendens auct.; Amaranthus albus Rodschied ex F.Dietr.; Amaranthus alius K.Krause; Amaranthus ascendens Loisel.; Amaranthus berchtoldii Seidl ex Opiz; Amaranthus blitonius St.-Lag.; Amaranthus diffusus Dulac.; Amaranthus gangeticus Wall.; Amaranthus lividus Hook.f.; Amaranthus minor Gray; Amaranthus mucronatus Poiret; Amaranthus oleraceus Rodschied; Amaranthus pallidus M. Bieb.; Amaranthus polygonoides Zoll.; Amaranthus polygonoides Zoll. ex Moq.; Amaranthus prostratus T.Bastard; Amaranthus ruderalis Koch ex Moq.; Amaranthus tenuiflorus Fischer ex Moq.; Amaranthus tenuifolius Roxb.; Amaranthus viridis All.; Blitum maius Scop.; Euxolus alius (E.H.L.Krause) E.H.L.Krause; Euxolus ascendens (Loisel.) H.Hara;