Amaranthus blitum

TaxID: 338571

Basic Information

Amaranthus blitum

Guernsey Pigweed, Purple Amaranth

Amaranthus blitum, commonly called purple amaranth or Guernsey pigweed, is an annual plant species in the economically important plant family Amaranthaceae. It has a number of culinary uses.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Caryophyllales

Amaranthaceae

Amaranthus

blitum

nan

Photos (0 photos)

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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Mexico Quarantine pests —
Peru Absent —

Distribution (110 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

110
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Angola Present —
Andorra Present —
United Arab Emirates Present —
Argentina Present —
Armenia Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Azerbaijan Present —
Burundi Present —
Belgium Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (12 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
VASCB768-15 - rbcLa 553 Canada 1959-08-06 -
VASCB237-15 - rbcLa 553 Canada 2005-09-26 -
UGEAB117-17 - rbcL 585 Switzerland 2016-10-04 46.225586, 6.073011
SDH096-14 - rbcLa 552 United States 2004-01-18 32.807, -117.21
NLFLM615-12 - matK 837 Netherlands 2011-07-20 51.864, 5.949
NLFLM4109-16 - matK 789 Netherlands 2013-09-08 51.591, 4.707
NLFLM2658-16 - matK 834 Netherlands 2012-08-29 52.383, 4.641
GBVE3800-11 - rbcL 1356 Portugal - 39.675292999999996, -7.9336624
GBVE3799-11 - matK 813 Portugal - 39.675292999999996, -7.9336624
GBITS57079-21 - ITS 701 - - -
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Literature