Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Caryophyllanae > Order Caryophyllales > Family Amaranthaceae > Genus Amaranthus

Amaranthus capensis Thell.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amaranthus*	L.	accepted genus name
*Euxolus*	Raf.	heterotypic synonym
*Amaranthus acutilobus*	Uline & W. L. Bray	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus albus*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus arenicola*	I. M. Johnst.	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus australis*	(A. Gray) J. D. Sauer	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus blitoides*	S. Watson	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus blitum aggr.*		taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus californicus*	(Moq.) S. Watson	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus capensis*	Thell.	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus caudatus*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus celosioides*	Kunth	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus clementii*	Domin	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus commutatus*	A. Kern.	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus crassipes*	Schltdl.	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus crispus*	(Lesp. & Thévenau) J. M. Coult. & S. Watson	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus deflexus*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus dinteri*	Schinz	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus dubius*	Thell.	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus graecizans*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus hybridus aggr.*		taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus interruptus*	R. Br.	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus macrocarpus*	Benth.	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus mitchelii*	Benth.	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus muricatus*	(Moq.) Hieron.	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus pallidiflorus*	F. Muell.	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus palmeri*	S. Watson	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus polygonoides*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus retroflexus*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus scleropoides*	Uline & W. L. Bray	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus spinosus*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus standleyanus*	Covas	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus tamariscinus*	Nutt.	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus thunbergii*	Moq.	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus tricolor*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus tuberculatus*	(Moq.) J. D. Sauer	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus tunetanus*	Iamonico & El Mokni	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus viridis*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus watsonii*	Standl.	taxonomically included in

Species group names

*Amaranthus capensis subsp. capensis*	Thell.	taxonomically included in
*Amaranthus capensis subsp. uncinatus*	(Thell.) Brenan	taxonomically included in

Children

Amaranthus capensis subsp. uncinatus (Thell.) Brenan
Amaranthus capensis Thell. subsp. capensis

Literature

nomenclatural reference	in Ascherson & Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5: 293. 1914

Genbank

Citation

Iamonico, D. Amaranthus capensis Thell. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/d4ff1ed7-9d8d-4293-ac9c-d4822c3d73a5

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Occurrence

Present

Absent

Doubtful

Native

Introduced

Naturalised

Invasive

Managed

No data

Environment

no data

Importance

EU Birds Directive:
Annex I 2009 This species is the subject of special conservation measures concerning their habitat in order to ensure their survival and reproduction in their area of distribution, according to Annex I of the EU Bird Directive 2009/147/EC.

This species is the subject of special conservation measures concerning their habitat in order to ensure their survival and reproduction in their area of distribution, according to Annex I of the EU Bird Directive 2009/147/EC.

IUCN:
Red List status VU 2008 This species is vulnerable and is considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources