| Name | Amaranthus cruentus Linnaeus |
| Authorship | Linnaeus |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Amaranthus Linnaeus |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:59479-1 |
| Citation | 1759 Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1269 |
| Holdings | 40 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Amaranthus cruentus Linnaeus |
| Identification made in | [no date] (26), 1950 (1), 1962 (1), 1963 (1), 1978 (1), 1999 (10) |