Amaranthus viridis, Lam.

Hassan, Walaa A., Al-Shaye, Najla A. & Iamonico, Duilio, 2023, A critical inventory of the family Amaranthaceae s. str. in Saudi Arabia, Phytotaxa 626 (4), pp. 223-246 : 235

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.626.4.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10249253
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/97224201-FFFE-901C-FF4C-6A7E851214D7
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scientific name	Amaranthus viridis
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4.12. Amaranthus viridis View in CoL L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 2: 1405. 1763.

Lectotype (designated by Fawcett & Rendle 1914: 131):— Herb. Linn. No. 1117.15 ( LINN!, image of the lectotype available at http:// linnean-online.org/11641/).

Alien status:― Neophyte, native to South America; it can be considered as naturalized in Saudi Arabia (see Chaudhary 1998, Hassan et al. 2022).

Occurrence in Saudi Arabia :― Al hudud ash Shamaliyah ( Osman & El-Ameid Abedin 2019), Bisha ( Abbas et al. 2020), Jizan and Makkah ( Miller & Cope 1996), Taif ( Abdullah et al. 2017).

Specimina visa selecta:― SAUDI ARABIA , Jizan, human-made habitat, (coastal plain) 5–15 m, 17 Feb 2021, leg. Masrhai et Al-shaye, det. Masrhai, conf. Iamonico (RO!).