Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 989 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in India."

Green, J.W. (1986), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 2: . [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Amaranthaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 112, Fig. 27H [secondary reference]

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

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

common name: Joseph's Coat [n/a]

Palmer, J. (2 June 2009), A conspectus of the genus Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae) in Australia. Nuytsia 19(1): 123 APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Amaranthus melancholicus L. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (doubtfully naturalised)

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