Taxon: Axyris amaranthoides L.

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Common names:

• Russian-pigweed   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• upright axyris   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• zhou li   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• amarantmålla   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide F USSR)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Eastern Siberia, Western Siberia
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan
  Mongolia: Mongolia
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Far East
  China: China - Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Monggol, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Xinjiang
  Eastern Asia: Japan; Korea
• EUROPE
  East Europe: Russian Federation - European part

• naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Fu, Y. C. et al. 1977–. Flora intramongolica.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
• Kitagawa, M. 1979. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption.
• Stewart, R. 1972. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of West Pakistan and Kashmir.
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
• Tai Hyun Chung. 1965. Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna & flora of Korea, vol. 5, Tracheophyta.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Axyris amaranthoides.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Axyris amaranthoides.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Axyris amaranthoides.

Check other web resources for Axyris amaranthoides L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Fruits: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds or fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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