Watson, S. (1875), Revision of the genus Ceanothus, and descriptions of new plants, with a synopsis of the western species of Silene. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 347 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Likewise cultivated from seeds brought from Arizona by Col. Powell"

Beadle, N.C.W. (1976), Student's Flora of North Eastern New South Wales 3: 202 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 63 [secondary reference]

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

• Text: "Previously included with Amaranthus hybridus L.

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 72 [secondary reference]

Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986), List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4): 137 [secondary reference]

common name: Powell's amaranth [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Amaranthaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 94 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Lapinpuro, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Amaranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 252 [secondary reference]

common name: Powell's Amaranth [n/a]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Amaranthaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 202-203, Fig. 36f [secondary reference]

common name: Powell's Amaranth [n/a]

Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. in Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. (ed.) (2000), Flora of New South Wales Supplement 1: 27 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Lapinpuro, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Amaranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 252 [secondary reference]

common name: Powell's Amaranth [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 474 [secondary reference]

common name: Powell's Amaranth [n/a]

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2007), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

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

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]

common name: Powell's Amaranth [n/a]

Palmer, J. (2 June 2009), A conspectus of the genus Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae) in Australia. Nuytsia 19(1): 122 APC [secondary reference]

misapplication: Amaranthus retroflexus L. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 566-567 misapplication: Amaranthus hybridus subsp. incurvatus (Timeroy ex Gren. & Godr.) Brenan legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 566 misapplication: Amaranthus hybridus L. subsp. hybridus legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 566 misapplication: Amaranthus hybridus L. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 566

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Bean, A.R. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (8 December 2010), Amaranthaceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2010: 8 [secondary reference]

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): 289-292, Fig. 12 [secondary reference]

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 6 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Amaranthus retroflexus L. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 566-567 misapplication: Amaranthus hybridus L. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 566

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