Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 990 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Virginia."

Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1783), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 1(1): 115 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Amaranthus angustifolius Lam. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Hamilton, A.G. (1892), On the effect which settlement in Australia has produced upon indigenous vegetation. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 26: 236 [secondary reference]

State Herbarium of South Australia (2007), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Amaranthus angustifolius Lam. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Amaranthus silvestris Vill. legitimate

Palmer, J. (2 June 2009), A conspectus of the genus Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae) in Australia. Nuytsia 19(1): 116 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Amaranthus angustifolius Lam. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

• APC Dist.: SA (naturalised), Qld (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Amaranthus angustifolius Lam. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. nomenclatural synonym: Amarantus angustifolius Domin orth. var.

• APC Dist.: SA (naturalised), Qld (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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