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Amaranthus caudatus (Love-lies-bleeding) |
Amaranthus caudatus (AMARANTHACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Amaranthus caudatusL.
Published in Sp. Pl. 990 (1753) | Synonyms : |
Basionym or principal synonym:
Amaranthus mantegazzianus
Pass.
Full list of synonyms :
[ Euro+Med ]
[ PlantList ]
[ IPNI ]
[ Catalogue of Life ]
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Plant Family : | Amaranthaceae The Amaranth Family 42 Amaranthaceae species recorded from Malta.
Juss. | English name(s) : | Love-lies-bleeding, Tassel Flower | Maltese name(s) : | Denb id-dib vjola zgħir | Status for Malta : | Cultivated for agricultural or horticultural purposes but can be found in the wild as an escapee | Frequency : | Data not available - casual in the wild as a garden/field escape | Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (Annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | May-Oct | Colour of Flowers: | Red | Habitat : | Casual escape in wasteground and disturbed dry valleys |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Cultivated for ornament, and sometimes occurs as a casual mainly in anthropogenic habitats |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Casual escape in wasteground and disturbed dry valleys |
Botanical Description: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Distributional range: |
Naturalized in S. Europe |
Native region outside Europe: |
(South America) |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Introduced in Albania, the Balaeric Islands, Bulgaria, Corse, Crete, Czeck Republic and Slovakia, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Germany, Switzerland, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Hungary, Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Romania, Russia and former USSR, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
[aAE(G) aAg aAu aBe(B) nBH aBr By aCa Ca(C T) Cg aCr aCs nCy aDa nEg aEs aFe Ga(F) aGe aGg(D G) aGr nHe nHs aHu aIJ aIr nIt nJu aLa -Lt aLu aMa aMd Md(M) Mo aNo aPo aRf(C CS E S) Rf(K) nRm aSa nSi(M S) aSk Sl nSn nSr nSu Sy aTcs aTu(A) Tu(E) Uk aUk(K U)] |
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