Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 991 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Pensylvania. Kalm."

Davey, H.W. (1922), Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria 20: 231, fig. 34, 35 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 214 [secondary reference]

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Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 330, Fig. 464 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 566-567 [secondary reference]

common name: Redroot [n/a]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 158, Fig 141. [secondary reference]

common name: Redroot [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 284 [secondary reference]

common name: Reflexed Amaranth [n/a] common name: Redroot [n/a] common name: Red-root Amaranth [n/a]

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

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common name: Redroot amaranth [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Lapinpuro, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Amaranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 253 [secondary reference]

common name: Redfoot Amaranth [n/a]

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

common name: Redroot 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: 253 [secondary reference]

common name: Redroot Amaranth [n/a]

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common name: Redroot Amaranth [n/a]

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

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

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

misapplied to: Amaranthus powellii S.Watson legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 566-567

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

misapplied to: Amaranthus powellii S.Watson legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 566-567

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