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Common names: | Globe amaranth (English) | |
Description: | Annual herb, usually erect, to 60 cm tall. Inflorescences spherical or depressed-spherical, pinkish to deep red. | |
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Derivation of specific name: | globosa: from the spherical flower heads | |
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Worldwide distribution: | Tropical America. | |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
Literature: |
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 16. Townsend, C.C. (1988). Amaranthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1) Pages 131 - 133. |
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