Amaranthus hypochondriacus
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Amaranthus hypochondriacus
| Amaranthus hypochondriacus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Amaranthus |
| Species: | A. hypochondriacus |
| Binomial name | |
| Amaranthus hypochondriacus L. |
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Amaranthus hypochondriacus is an ornamental plant commonly known as the Prince-of-Wales feather or the prince's feather.[1] Originally endemic to Mexico, it is called quelite, blero[2] and quintonil in Spanish.[3][4]
In Africa, like many other species in the family Amaranthaceae, it is valued as source of food.[5]
References
- ^ Phillips, Edward (1720). The New World of Words. 7th ed.
- ^ "Cultivos andinos: Introducción". FAO: Oficina Regional de para América Latina y el Caribe. http://www.rlc.fao.org/es/agricultura/produ/cdrom/contenido/libro11/cap4.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
- ^ "Semillas de Amaranto". UNAM: Colección Etnobotánica. http://www.ibiologia.unam.mx/herbario/galerias/colecciones_asociadas/pages/Semillas_amaranto.html. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
- ^ "El amaranto". University of Guadalajara: Centro Univeritario de Biológicas y Afropecuarias. http://www.cucba.udg.mx/sitiosinteres/coaxican/plts_mex/amaranto/amaranto.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
- ^ Grubben, G.J.H. & Denton, O.A. (2004) Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA Foundation, Wageningen; Backhuys, Leiden; CTA, Wageningen.
- Pink, Alfred (2004). Gardening for the Million.. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11892.
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