Description
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Plants annual, pubescent when young, becoming glabrescent at maturity. Stems decumbent or erect, branched proximally, 0.7-1 m. Leaves: petiole 1/2-11/2 times as long as blade; blade obovate or obovate-elliptic to oblan-ceolate, 1-2 × 0.5-1 cm, base cuneate to attenuate, margins entire, apex obtuse, rounded, or slightly emarginate, mucronate. Inflorescences axillary clusters extending to near base. Bracts of pistillate flowers lanceolate, 2-4 mm, shorter than tepals. Pistillate flowers: tepals 3, reflexed, ovate-elliptic to lanceolate, 3-5 mm, apex tapering and long-aristate; style branches spreading; stigmas 2. Staminate flowers intermixed with pistillate; tepals 3, equal; stamens 3. Utricles ellipsoid or ellipsoid-ovoid, 2 mm, shorter than tepals, mostly smooth (or slightly rugose distally), dehiscence regularly circumscissile. Seeds black, subglobose or lenticular, 1-1.4 mm diam., semishiny (or minutely punctulate and reticulate).
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Habitat & Distribution
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Flowering summer-fall. Uncommon, casual alien near wool-combing mills; introduced; S.C.; native to Africa.
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Derivation of specific name
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thunbergii: named after Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828)
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Amaranthus thunbergii Moq. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=122220
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- Mark Hyde
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Ascending or erect annual herb, up to c. 55 cm high. Stems simple or branched, angular, almost hairless below but usually with long multicellular hairs towards the top. Leaves more or less narrowly elliptic, rhomboid or spathulate, up to 4.5 × 3 cm, almost hairless or thinly hairy below; base often decurrent along the petiole. Flowers greenish in short axillary clusters, unisexual. Capsule ovoid-ellipsoid, 2.5-3.5 mm long, with a short beak.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Amaranthus thunbergii Moq. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=122220
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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From Ethiopia and Somalia to DRC and Angola, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Amaranthus thunbergii Moq. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=122220
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Blodyn amor Thunberg: Brief Summary
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Welsh
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Planhigyn blodeuol yw Blodyn amor Thunberg sy'n enw gwrywaidd. Mae'n perthyn i'r teulu Amaranthaceae yn y genws Amaranthus. Yr enw gwyddonol (Lladin) yw Amaranthus thunbergii a'r enw Saesneg yw Thunberg's pigweed. Mae'n frodorol o Affrica ble mae'n cael ei ystyried yn chwynyn.
Mae'n blanhigyn unflwydd tua 55 cm o uchder. Nid oes ganddo stipwl (neu ddeilen fach). Fel arfer mae'r dail yn ddanheddog. Nid oes ganddo stipwl (neu ddeilen fach). Fel arfer mae'r dail yn ddanheddog ac fe'i defnyddir i roi blas ar fwyd a'u bwyta fel llysieuyn.
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Amaranthus thunbergii: Brief Summary
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Amaranthus thunbergii, commonly known as Thunberg's amaranthus or Thunberg's pigweed, is found in Africa.
The leaves are used as a flavouring or leafy vegetable.
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Amaranthus thunbergii: Brief Summary
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Vietnamese
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Amaranthus thunbergii là loài thực vật có hoa thuộc họ Dền. Loài này được Moq. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1849.
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Bài viết về phân họ Dền này vẫn còn sơ khai. Bạn có thể giúp Wikipedia bằng cách mở rộng nội dung để bài được hoàn chỉnh hơn. 
