Amaranthus graecizans

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

12a. Amaranthus graecizans L. subsp. graecizans ≡ Amaranthus graecizans L. var. graecizans (sec. Aellen in Davis, Fl. Turkey East Aeg. Isl. 2: 343. 1967).

Remarks — The narrow-leaved, nominate subspecies is said to be dominant in the warmer parts of SW Asia ( Townsend 1985) and is accordingly encountered in the Aegean coastal area of Anatolia ( Aellen 1967). In Attiki and on some of the Kyklades it is found growing sympatrically with Amaranthus graecizans subsp. silvestris ; its limited distribution in Greece does not appear ecologybased but may merely reflect random introduction events in the past. The species name A. angustifolius Lam. , alluding to the key character, is illegitimate because the earlier, legitimate species name A. graecizans L. was cited in synonymy.