Amaranthus tricolor L.

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Notes: The status of this species is not clear. In FZ, the specimen cited is from the "municipal garden of Maputo".
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Literature:

Townsend, C.C. (1988). Amaranthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1) Pages 48 - 53. (Includes a picture).

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External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Amaranthus tricolor
African Plant Database: Amaranthus tricolor
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Amaranthus tricolor
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Amaranthus tricolor
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Amaranthus tricolor
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iNaturalist: Amaranthus tricolor
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Amaranthus tricolor
JSTOR Plant Science: Amaranthus tricolor
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Amaranthus tricolor
Plants of the World Online: Amaranthus tricolor
Tropicos: Amaranthus tricolor
Wikipedia: Amaranthus tricolor


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2007-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Mozambique: Cultivated Plants: Species information: Amaranthus tricolor.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/cult/species.php?species_id=171050, retrieved 31 March 2025

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