Amaranthus caudatus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 990. 1753.

"Habitat in Peru, Persia, Zeylona." RCN: 7187.

Lectotype (Townsend in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 71: 10. 1974): Herb. Linn. No. 1117.26 (LINN) .

Generitype of Amaranthus Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 188. 1929).

Current name: Amaranthus caudatus L. ( Amaranthaceae).