Linnaeus, C. (1763), Species Plantarum Edn. 2, 2: 1406 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in America."

Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 213 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 80 [secondary reference]

common name: Prince's Feather [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 397 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 330 [secondary reference]

common name: Foxtail [n/a]

Mansfeld, R. (1959), Vorlaufiges verzeichnis landwirtschaftlich oder gartnerisch kultivierter pflanzenarten. Kulturpflanze Beiheft 2: 54 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Amaranthus hybridus var. cruentus (L.) Mansf. legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 130 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Amaranthus hybridus var. cruentus (L.) Mansf. legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Amaranthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 134 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Amaranthus hybridus L. legitimate

Barker, R.M. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Amaranthaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 112 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Amaranthus cruentus L. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Amaranthus cruentus L. legitimate

Bayon, N.D. (2015), Revisión Taxonómica de las Especies Monoicas de Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae): Amaranthus subg. Amaranthus y Amaranthus subg. Albersia. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 101(2): 279 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Amaranthus cruentus L. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Amarantus paniculatus Hook.f. orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Amaranthus cruentus L. legitimate

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