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	Amaranthus albus  L.

Fam.: Amaranthaceae / Amaranth Fam.

Genus:  Amaranthus  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Amaranthus:		a-maraino = I don't fade
	albus:		white

Fig. 1:  Amaranthus albus / White Pigweed D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 13.9.2008

Fig. 2:  Amaranthus albus / White Pigweed D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 13.9.2008

Fig. 3:  Amaranthus albus / White Pigweed D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 13.9.2008

Fig. 4:  Amaranthus albus / White Pigweed D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 13.9.2008

Fig. 5:  Amaranthus albus / White Pigweed D Heidelberg 21.7.2012

Fig. 6:  Amaranthus albus / White Pigweed D Heidelberg 22.8.2012

Fig. 7:  Amaranthus albus / White Pigweed D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 15.7.2011

Fig. 8:  Amaranthus albus / White Pigweed D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 15.7.2011

Fig. 9:  Amaranthus albus / White Pigweed D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 15.7.2011

Fig. 10:  Amaranthus albus / White Pigweed D Mannheim 2.7.2009

Fig. 11:  Amaranthus albus / White Pigweed D Mannheim 2.7.2009

Fig. 12:  Amaranthus albus / White Pigweed D Mannheim 2.7.2009

Fig. 13:  Amaranthus albus / White Pigweed D Mannheim 4.10.2011

Fig. 14:  Amaranthus albus / White Pigweed D Mannheim 4.10.2011

Fig. 15:  Amaranthus albus / White Pigweed D Mannheim 4.10.2011

Fig. 16:  Amaranthus albus / White Pigweed D Ludwigshafen 16.9.2012

Fig. 17:  Amaranthus albus / White Pigweed GR Meteora 28.8.2007

Fig. 18:  Amaranthus albus / White Pigweed GR Euboea (Evia), Istiea 27.8.2017

Fig. 19:  Amaranthus albus / White Pigweed GR Euboea (Evia), Kalianou 29.8.2014

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