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Amaranthaceae (Amaranth) with Attributes

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Amaranthaceae, the amaranth family, represent the most species-rich lineage within the flowering plant order of Caryophyllales. Now including the former goosefoot family (Chenopodiaceae), the extended family contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species.
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Genus

Achyranthes (chaff flower) (4)
Aerva (aerva) (2)
Allenrolfea (1)
Alternanthera (joyweed) (9)
Amaranthus (pigweed) (30)
Arthrocaulon (1)
Atriplex (31)
Bassia (2)
Beta (3)
Blitum (3)
Celosia (cock's comb) (4)
Centrostachys (1)
Chamissoa (chamissoa) (1)
Charpentiera (papala) (2)
Chenopodiastrum (1)
Chenopodium (7)
Corispermum (2)
Dysphania (7)
Froelichia (snakecotton) (4)
Gomphrena (globe amaranth) (8)
Grayia (2)
Guilleminea (matweed) (1)
Halimione (1)
Halogeton (1)
Iresine (bloodleaf) (4)
Kali (3)
Krascheninnikovia (1)
Lipandra (1)
Micromonolepis (1)
Nitrophila (1)
Oxybasis (2)
Pfaffia (pfaffia) (2)
Polycnemum (3)
Pupalia (1)
Salicornia (4)
Salsola (1)
Spinacia (1)
Suaeda (2)
Teloxys (1)
Tidestromia (honeysweet) (2)

(...) = Species count

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0