Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Glomeraria tricolor (L.) Cav., Elench. Pl. Horti Matr. 17. (1803)
  • Amaranthus melancholicus var. tricolor (L.) Moq., Prodr. 13(2): 262. (1849).

• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2018)
  • Amaranthus amboinicus Buch.-Ham., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6987 (1832).
  • Amaranthus bicolor Nocca ex Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1): 384 (1805).
  • Glomeraria bicolor (Willd.) Cav. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 262 (1849).
  • Amaranthus cuspidatus Vis., Cat. Hort. Patav. (1841).
  • Amaranthus gangeticus L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1268 (1759).
  • Blitum gangeticum (L.) Moench, Methodus (Moench) 359 (1794).
  • Amaranthus inamoenus Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1): 386 (1805); Amar. 14.
  • Amaranthus incomptus Willd., Enum. Pl. Suppl. [Willdenow] 64 (1814).
  • Amaranthus japonicus Houtt. ex Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1): 386, in syn. (1805).
  • Amaranthus japonicus Houtt.. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 36 (1821).4(1): 386, in syn. (1805).
  • Amaranthus lancifolius Roxb., Hort. Bengal.: 67 (1814)
  • Amaranthus lanceolatus Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 607 (1832)
  • Amaranthus lividus Roxb., Fl. Ind. iii. 605. (later homonym of Amaranthus lividus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 990. 1753).
  • Amaranthus mangostanus L., Cent. Pl. I. 32 (1755).
  • Amaranthus tricolor subsp. mangostanus (L.) Aellen, In: Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. ed. 2, 3: 495. (1959)
  • Amaranthus melancholicus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 989 (1753).
  • Amaranthus tricolor var. melancholicus Lam.
  • Blitum melancholicum (L.) Moench, Methodus: 359 (1794)
  • Amaranthus mucronatus hort. Petrop. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 720 (1885) (later homonym of Amaranthus mucronatus Poir., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 1. 311. 1810).
  • Amaranthus oleraceus Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 605. (1832) (later homonym of Amaranthus oleraceus L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 2: 1403. 1763).
  • Amaranthus gangeticus var. oleraceus (Roxb.) Haines, Bot. Bihar Orissa pt. 5: 763. (1924)
  • Amaranthus polygamus L., Cent. Pl. I. 32 (1755).
  • Amaranthus rotundifolius herb. Par. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 261 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Amaranthus splendens hort., Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 868, in syn. (1895).
  • Amaranthus tricolor f. splendens Voss
  • Amaranthus tricolor var. acutus S.Das, Phytotaxa 88(2): 27. (2013)
  • Amaranthus tristis L., Sp. Pl. 2: 989 (1753).
  • Amaranthus tricolor subsp. tristis (L.) Aellen, In: Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. ed. 2, 3: 495. (1959)
  • Amaranthus gangeticus var. tristis Prain, Bengal pl. 870. (1903)
  • Pyxidium gangeticum (L.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 261 (1849), nom. inval.
  • Pyxidium melancholicum (L.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 262 (1849), nom. inval.

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum, Tomus II: 989.

• Cavanilles, A.J. 1803. Elenchus Plantarum Horti Regni Botanici Matritensis. Anno M.DCCC.III. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 17

• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Amarantaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 231–424. Masson, Paris. BHL. Reference page. : , 262

Additional references

• Townsend, C.C. 1974. Amaranthaceae. In: Flora of Pakistan Vol. 71. 49 pp. eFloras 2008 Reference page. : Amaranthus tricolor

• Iamonico, D. 2014. Amaranthus gangeticus (Amaranthaceae), a name incertae sedis. Phytotaxa 162(5): 299–300. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.162.5.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus tricolor in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 05.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Amaranthus tricolor. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 05.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amaranthus tricolor. Published online. Accessed Sept. 05 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus tricolor . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 05.