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Amaranthus retroflexus

Ackerfuchsschwanz

Category
plantae
Primary role
weed
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Amaranthus

Plantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Caryophyllales | Amaranthaceae | Amaranthus

External: GBIF #6109534

1 AI-consensus-verified claim across 1 interaction category.

Related entities

Top entities sharing the most verified claims with Amaranthus retroflexus.

pest pressure 1 claim
  • This entity is the subject of pest pressure on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: harmful
    “most abundant weeds were yellow foxtail, green foxtail, common lambsquarters, and redroot pigweed”
    eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
    Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 181 #6493075

Genus-level evidence

8 claims where the source named the organism only at the genus or collective level (e.g. Amaranthus sp.) and did not determine the species. Listed separately because they apply to the genus, not specifically to Amaranthus retroflexus.

  • herbivory · Spodoptera litura → Amaranthus spp. · effect: harmful
    “Damage caused by caterpillars (Spodoptera litura, Heliothis armigera, Hymenia recurvalis)”
    Ebert A.W., Wu T-h., Wang S-t. (2011) · Vegetable amaranth (Amaranthus L.) · p. 5 #6496276
  • herbivory · Helicoverpa armigera → Amaranthus spp. · effect: harmful
    “caterpillars (Spodoptera litura, Heliothis armigera, Hymenia recurvalis)”
    Ebert A.W., Wu T-h., Wang S-t. (2011) · Vegetable amaranth (Amaranthus L.) · p. 5 #6496277
  • herbivory · Spoladea recurvalis → Amaranthus spp. · effect: harmful
    “caterpillars (Spodoptera litura, Heliothis armigera, Hymenia recurvalis)”
    Ebert A.W., Wu T-h., Wang S-t. (2011) · Vegetable amaranth (Amaranthus L.) · p. 5 #6496278
  • herbivory · Lixus truncatulus → Amaranthus spp. · effect: harmful
    “stem weevil (Lixus truncatulus), and grasshoppers can be quite severe”
    Ebert A.W., Wu T-h., Wang S-t. (2011) · Vegetable amaranth (Amaranthus L.) · p. 5 #6496279
  • herbivory · Aphidoidea (superfamily) → Amaranthus spp. · effect: harmful
    “Other insect pests of amaranth are aphids, leaf miners”
    Ebert A.W., Wu T-h., Wang S-t. (2011) · Vegetable amaranth (Amaranthus L.) · p. 5 #6496280
  • pathogen pressure · Pythium aphanidermatum → Amaranthus spp. · effect: harmful
    “Damping-off caused by Phytium aphanidermatum and Rhizoctonia”
    Ebert A.W., Wu T-h., Wang S-t. (2011) · Vegetable amaranth (Amaranthus L.) · p. 5 #6496270
  • pathogen pressure · Rhizoctonia sp. → Amaranthus spp. · effect: harmful
    “Damping-off caused by Phytium aphanidermatum and Rhizoctonia”
    Ebert A.W., Wu T-h., Wang S-t. (2011) · Vegetable amaranth (Amaranthus L.) · p. 5 #6496271
  • pathogen pressure · Colletotrichum erumpens → Amaranthus spp. · effect: harmful
    “amaranth anthracnose (Colletotrichum erumpens Sacc.var.amaranthi Teng.)”
    Ebert A.W., Wu T-h., Wang S-t. (2011) · Vegetable amaranth (Amaranthus L.) · p. 5 #6496274

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