Further notes on the Amaranthaceae in Papuasia

Abstract

Additions and corrections are given to an earlier paper on the Amaranthaceae known from the Papuasian region. Supplementary data are provided for various species in the genera Aerva, Alternanthera, Amaranthus, Celosia and Gomphrena. The complex Amaranthus hybridus L. s.lat. is reassessed and relevant specimens are referred to the segregate species A. caudatus L., A. cruentus L. and A. dubius Thell., the first one being newly recorded for the region.