As per http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=101257#KEY-1-11
- Complex thyrsoid structures *pendulous* ...... *A. caudatus* - *Complex thyrsoid structures erect; ...... A. cruentus * If the question is selecting between the two, obviously it would be *A. cruentus*. But why not *A. hypochondriacus* when we have reports like https://www.biotecharticles.com/Agriculture-Article/Amaranth-A-Potential-Multipurpose-Underexploited-Crop-3871.html ? Thank you. Best regards, Surajit Koley On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 at 15:48, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding for ID > Distributed as Amaranthus caudatus or A. cruentus > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/amaranthaceae/amaranthus/amaranthus-species/amaranthus-caudatus-or-a-cruentus> > Group discussion at > Cultivated crop from Paddar valley (google.com) > <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/ItO-BJL-aoI> > > On Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 11:44:49 PM UTC+5:30 > [email protected] wrote: > >> Sir, >> >> As per keys in the "Bengal Plants >> <https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/uf3WH6Oo5wA/discussion>" >> - >> >> leaves acute or acuminate; bracts recurved, much exceeding the >> oblong-lanceolate, acuminate sepals ----- *A. cruentus* L. >> leaves obtuse, rarely acute; bracts hardly recurved, not much exceeding >> the obovate, mucronate sepals ----- *A. caudatus* L. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Agree with Dinesh ji >>> Would like to learn clear differences between A. caudatus and A. cruentus >>> Dr Satish Phadke >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 4:12 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >>>> >>>> Some earlier relevant feedback: >>>> >>>> Many thanks Suresh ji for this upload too. >>>> *caudatus and cruentus seem to be getting close for me.* >>>> Regards. >>>> >>>> Dinesh >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: Suresh Kumar Rana <[email protected]> >>>> Date: 25 February 2012 16:57 >>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:109361] Cultivated crop from Paddar valley >>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> >>>> Kindly confirm ID >>>> >>>> Botanical name: *Amaranthus caudatus* >>>> Family: Amaranthaceae >>>> Locaion: Paddar valley J&K >>>> Altitude: 2000-2200 meters asl >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Warm regards >>>> Suresh Rana >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> With regards, >>>> J.M.Garg >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >>>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>>> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand >>>> species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): >>>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use >>>> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >>>> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2045 members >>>> & 1,45,000 messages on 31/1/13) or Efloraofindia website: >>>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >>>> of more than 8000 species). >>>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>>> India'. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/ItO-BJL-aoI/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/6534b44b-a289-4325-a141-f4097bfb63c7n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/6534b44b-a289-4325-a141-f4097bfb63c7n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAMV_mc1XtA7F5LK0wKrADQyzWnL79KL%2BLjcv%2B9dAnbfboRiePA%40mail.gmail.com.

