Amaranthus spinosus: common name details from PIER

Common name/Language/Location

Common name	Language	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
alayon	Ifugao	Philippine Islands	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
ayantoto	Pampangan	Philippine Islands	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
bledo	Spanish	?	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 121-122)
bledo espinoso	Spanish	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
blero	Spanish	El Salvador (Republic of)	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 121)
brède malabar à piquants	French	Mauritius Island	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
carelessweed	English	?	Australian National Botanic Gardens (2013)
ci xian	Chinese	?	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)
edlebur	English	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
épinard cochon	French	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
épinard malabre	French	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
espinaca de Malabar	Spanish	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
gitin-gitin	Filipino	Philippine Islands	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
haribiyu	Japanese	?	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
huisquilite	Spanish	El Salvador (Republic of)	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 121)
kalitis	Cebuano	Philippine Islands	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
kalunai	Iloko	Philippine Islands	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
kilitis	Bikol	Philippine Islands	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
kuletes	Chamorro	Guam Island	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 268)
kulites	Chamorro	Guam Island	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 268)
needle burr	English	?	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970)
orai	Tagalog	Philippine Islands	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
oseille	French	Mauritius Island	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
pakai kukū	Hawaiian	Hawaiian Islands	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 188)
petit trèfle	French	Mauritius Island	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
prickly amaranth	English	?	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 121)
prickly calalu	English	?	Australian National Botanic Gardens (2013)
Prince-of-Wales-feather	English	?	Australian National Botanic Gardens (2013)
pukai kukū	Hawaiian	Hawaiian Islands	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 188)
quelite espinoso	Spanish	Mexico (United Mexican States)	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
spiny amaranth	English	?	Whistler, W. A. (1988) (p. 6)
spiny pigweed	English	?	Waterhouse, D. F. (1994) (p. 20)
tadtad	Bontoc	Philippine Islands	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
thorny amaranth	English	?	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 85)
thorny pigweed	English	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
trèfle	French	Mauritius Island	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
yuyo macho	Spanish	Perú (Republic of)	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)

Language/Location/Common name

Language	Location	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
Bikol	Philippine Islands	kilitis	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Bontoc	Philippine Islands	tadtad	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Cebuano	Philippine Islands	kalitis	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Chamorro	Guam Island	kuletes	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 268)
Chamorro	Guam Island	kulites	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 268)
Chinese	?	ci xian	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)
English	?	carelessweed	Australian National Botanic Gardens (2013)
English	?	edlebur	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
English	?	needle burr	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970)
English	?	prickly amaranth	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 121)
English	?	prickly calalu	Australian National Botanic Gardens (2013)
English	?	Prince-of-Wales-feather	Australian National Botanic Gardens (2013)
English	?	spiny amaranth	Whistler, W. A. (1988) (p. 6)
English	?	spiny pigweed	Waterhouse, D. F. (1994) (p. 20)
English	?	thorny amaranth	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 85)
English	?	thorny pigweed	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Filipino	Philippine Islands	gitin-gitin	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
French	?	épinard cochon	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
French	?	épinard malabre	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
French	Mauritius Island	brède malabar à piquants	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
French	Mauritius Island	oseille	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
French	Mauritius Island	petit trèfle	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
French	Mauritius Island	trèfle	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Hawaiian	Hawaiian Islands	pakai kukū	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 188)
Hawaiian	Hawaiian Islands	pukai kukū	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 188)
Ifugao	Philippine Islands	alayon	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Iloko	Philippine Islands	kalunai	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Japanese	?	haribiyu	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Pampangan	Philippine Islands	ayantoto	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Spanish	?	bledo	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 121-122)
Spanish	?	bledo espinoso	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Spanish	?	espinaca de Malabar	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Spanish	El Salvador (Republic of)	blero	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 121)
Spanish	El Salvador (Republic of)	huisquilite	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 121)
Spanish	Mexico (United Mexican States)	quelite espinoso	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Spanish	Perú (Republic of)	yuyo macho	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Tagalog	Philippine Islands	orai	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)

Location/Language/Common name

Location	Language	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
?	Chinese	ci xian	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)
?	English	carelessweed	Australian National Botanic Gardens (2013)
?	English	edlebur	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	English	needle burr	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970)
?	English	prickly amaranth	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 121)
?	English	prickly calalu	Australian National Botanic Gardens (2013)
?	English	Prince-of-Wales-feather	Australian National Botanic Gardens (2013)
?	English	spiny amaranth	Whistler, W. A. (1988) (p. 6)
?	English	spiny pigweed	Waterhouse, D. F. (1994) (p. 20)
?	English	thorny amaranth	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 85)
?	English	thorny pigweed	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	French	épinard cochon	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	French	épinard malabre	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	Japanese	haribiyu	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
?	Spanish	bledo	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 121-122)
?	Spanish	bledo espinoso	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	Spanish	espinaca de Malabar	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
El Salvador (Republic of)	Spanish	blero	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 121)
El Salvador (Republic of)	Spanish	huisquilite	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 121)
Guam Island	Chamorro	kuletes	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 268)
Guam Island	Chamorro	kulites	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 268)
Hawaiian Islands	Hawaiian	pakai kukū	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 188)
Hawaiian Islands	Hawaiian	pukai kukū	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 188)
Mauritius Island	French	brède malabar à piquants	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Mauritius Island	French	oseille	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Mauritius Island	French	petit trèfle	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Mauritius Island	French	trèfle	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Mexico (United Mexican States)	Spanish	quelite espinoso	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Perú (Republic of)	Spanish	yuyo macho	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Philippine Islands	Bikol	kilitis	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Philippine Islands	Bontoc	tadtad	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Philippine Islands	Cebuano	kalitis	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Philippine Islands	Filipino	gitin-gitin	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Philippine Islands	Ifugao	alayon	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Philippine Islands	Iloko	kalunai	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Philippine Islands	Pampangan	ayantoto	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Philippine Islands	Tagalog	orai	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)

Language/Common name/Location

Language	Common name	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
Bikol	kilitis	Philippine Islands	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Bontoc	tadtad	Philippine Islands	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Cebuano	kalitis	Philippine Islands	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Chamorro	kuletes	Guam Island	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 268)
Chamorro	kulites	Guam Island	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 268)
Chinese	ci xian	?	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)
English	carelessweed	?	Australian National Botanic Gardens (2013)
English	edlebur	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
English	needle burr	?	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970)
English	prickly amaranth	?	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 121)
English	prickly calalu	?	Australian National Botanic Gardens (2013)
English	Prince-of-Wales-feather	?	Australian National Botanic Gardens (2013)
English	spiny amaranth	?	Whistler, W. A. (1988) (p. 6)
English	spiny pigweed	?	Waterhouse, D. F. (1994) (p. 20)
English	thorny amaranth	?	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 85)
English	thorny pigweed	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Filipino	gitin-gitin	Philippine Islands	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
French	brède malabar à piquants	Mauritius Island	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
French	épinard cochon	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
French	épinard malabre	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
French	oseille	Mauritius Island	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
French	petit trèfle	Mauritius Island	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
French	trèfle	Mauritius Island	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Hawaiian	pakai kukū	Hawaiian Islands	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 188)
Hawaiian	pukai kukū	Hawaiian Islands	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 188)
Ifugao	alayon	Philippine Islands	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Iloko	kalunai	Philippine Islands	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Japanese	haribiyu	?	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Pampangan	ayantoto	Philippine Islands	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Spanish	bledo	?	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 121-122)
Spanish	bledo espinoso	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Spanish	blero	El Salvador (Republic of)	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 121)
Spanish	espinaca de Malabar	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Spanish	huisquilite	El Salvador (Republic of)	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 121)
Spanish	quelite espinoso	Mexico (United Mexican States)	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Spanish	yuyo macho	Perú (Republic of)	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)
Tagalog	orai	Philippine Islands	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 122)

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