Moquin-Tandon, C.H.B.A. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1849), Amarantaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 13(2): 257 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Amaranthus cruentus L. legitimate

Palmer, J. (2 June 2009), A conspectus of the genus Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae) in Australia. Nuytsia 19(1): 115 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Amaranthus cruentus L. legitimate

Iamonico, D. (2016), Nomenclature survey of the genus Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae). 5. Moquin-Tandon's names. Phytotaxa 273(2): 86 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Amaranthus cruentus L. legitimate

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