Amaranthus graecizans subsp. silvestris (Vill.) Brenan

Raus, Thomas, 2022, Taxonomic, nomenclatural and floristic review of Amaranthaceae of Greece and neighbouring countries, Willdenowia 52 (3), pp. 335-357 : 344

12b. Amaranthus graecizans subsp. silvestris (Vill.) Brenan in Watsonia 4: 237. 1961 ≡ Amaranthus silvestris Vill, Cat. Jard. Pl. Strasbourg : 111. 1807 ≡ Amaranthus graecizans var. silvestris (Vill.) Asch. in Schweinfurth, Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 176. 1867 ≡ Amaranthus angustifolius var. silvestris (Vill.) Thell. in Schinz & Keller, Fl. Schweiz, ed. 4, 1: 222. 1923. – Lectotype (designated by Townsend 1985: 31): Europe, France, locality unstated, Herb. Tournefort No. 1849 (P P00420078).

Remarks — This subspecies is the commonest form of Amaranthus graecizans in Europe ( Townsend 1985), also reported from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (all regions), North Macedonia and Turkey-in-Europe ( Iamonico 2015a). It is introduced as an agricultural weed and ruderal alien to other parts of the world, e.g. NE North America ( U.S.A.: New Jersey, see Mosyakin & Robertson 2003: 434) and Australia (Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, see Palmer 2009: 116). It was formerly cultivated as a vegetable crop in Greece (βλίτα, see Heldreich 1862).