list of Latin and synonymous common names of - University of ...

Subclass Caryophyllidae
Order Caryophyllales
Aizoaceae (carpetweed family, fig-marigold family, ice-plant family) (separated from Molluginaceae)
Faucaria felina (L.) (Mesembryanthemum tigrinum Haw.) Schwantes (tiger jaws) (ornamental –
occasionally adventive)*
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum (Cryophytum crystallinum (L.) N. E. Br., Glinus crystallinum auct non
L.) (common ice-plant) (ornamental – occasionally adventive and has been known to colonize
rocky coastal areas in Atlantic Canada but does not yet appear to persist long)*
Lithops optica L (eye rocks, living rocks) (ornamental - occasionally adventive and has been known to
colonize rocky coastal areas in Atlantic Canada but does not yet appear to persist long )*
Tetragonia expansa Murr. (New Zealand spinach) (ornamental - occasionally adventive and has been
known to colonize rocky coastal areas in Atlantic Canada but does not yet appear to persist long)*
Amaranthaceae (amaranth family, pigweed family) (separated from Chenopodiacea)
Alternanthera pungens Kunth (Achyranthes leiantha (Seub.) Standl., Achyranthes repens L.)
(alligator-weed) (ornamental; it is highly invasive and in New York state – I have seen small
amounts in creeks along the Quebec border but it has never overwintered as of 2009 but be
wary)*/**
Amaranthus albus L. (Amaranthus graecizans L., Amaranthus pubescens (Uline & Bray) Rydb.)
(groundsel tumbleweed, prostrate pigweed, tumble pigweed, white tumbleweed)*
Amaranthus blitoides S. Watson (prostrate amaranth, prostrate pigweed, Watson's amaranth)*
Amaranthus cruentus L. (Amaranthus paniculatus L.) (bloody amaranth, purple amaranth, red
amaranth)* (usually an ornamental but can escape)
Amaranthus hybridus L. (Amaranthus chlorostachys Willd., Amaranthus incurvatus Tim. ex Gren. &
Godr., Amaranthus patulus Bertol.) (green amaranth, prince's feather, slim amaranth, smooth
pigweed, spleen amaranth, wild beet)*/** (comment: it appears this species itself is not a hybrid,
despite the name, but may be the original species that is the ancestor to other Amaranthus where
those species are really hybrids as yet unspecified)
Amaranthus blitum L. var. emarginatus (Moq. ex Uline & Bray) ?, ined. (Amaranthus lividus auct non L.)
(purplish amaranth, scarlet amaranth)
Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats. (carelessweed, palm amaranth, Palmer's amaranth)
Amaranthus powellii S. Wats. (green amaranth, green pigweed, Powell's amaranth)*/**
Amaranthus retroflexus L. (fool's beet, green amaranth, red amaranth, red pigweed, redroot pigweed,
wild beet)*/**
Amaranthus spinosus L. (spiny amaranth, thorny amaranth)
Amaranthus tuberculatus (Moq.) Sauer (Acnida altissima (Riddell) Moq. ex Standl., Acnida concatenata
(Moq.) Small, Acnida subnuda (S. Watson) Standl., Acnida tamariscina (Nutt.) Alph. Wood var.
prostrata Uline & Bray, Acnida tuberculata Moq., Amaranthus altissimus Riddell, Amaranthus
ambigens Standl., Amaranthus rudis Sauer, Amaranthus tamariscinus auct. non Nutt. (Canadian
amaranth, larger amaranth, roughfruit amaranth, tuberous amaranth, water-hemp)
Celosia argentea L. (silver cock's-comb) (ornamental – occasionally adventive from Vermont into
Quebec)*
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