Amaranthus

Amaranthus
A. tricolor
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Faimily:	Amaranthaceae
Subfaimily:	Amaranthoideae
Genus:	Amaranthus L.
Species
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Amaranthus, collectively kent as amaranth, is a cosmopolitan genus o annual or short-lived perennial plants. Some amaranth species are cultivatit as leaf vegetables, pseudocereals, an ornamental plants.

Species

Species include:

• Amaranthus acanthochiton – greenstripe
• Amaranthus acutilobus – a synonym o Amaranthus viridis
• Amaranthus albus – white pigweed, tumble pigweed
• Amaranthus anderssonii
• Amaranthus arenicola – saundhill amaranth
• Amaranthus australis – soothren amaranth
• Amaranthus bigelovii – Bigelow's amaranth
• Amaranthus blitoides – mat amaranth, prostrate amaranth, prostrate pigweed
• Amaranthus blitum – purple amaranth
• Amaranthus brownii – Brown's amaranth
• Amaranthus californicus – Californie amaranth, Californie pigweed
• Amaranthus cannabinus – tidal-marsh amaranth
• Amaranthus caudatus – luve-lies-bleedin, pendant amaranth, tassel flouer, quilete
• Amaranthus chihuahuensis – Chihuahuan amaranth
• Amaranthus crassipes – spreadin amaranth
• Amaranthus crispus – crispleaf amaranth
• Amaranthus cruentus – purpie amaranth, reid amaranth, Mexican grain amaranth
• Amaranthus deflexus – lairge-fruit amaranth
• Amaranthus dubius – spleen amaranth, khada sag
• Amaranthus fimbriatus – fringed amaranth, fringed pigweed
• Amaranthus floridanus – Florida amaranth
• Amaranthus furcatus
• Amaranthus graecizans
• Amaranthus grandiflorus
• Amaranthus greggii – Gregg's amaranth
• Amaranthus hybridus – smuith amaranth, smuith pigweed, reid amaranth
• Amaranthus hypochondriacus – Prince-o-Wales feather, prince's feather
• Amaranthus interruptus – Australie amaranth
• Amaranthus minimus
• Amaranthus mitchellii
• Amaranthus muricatus – African amaranth
• Amaranthus obcordatus – Trans-Pecos amaranth
• Amaranthus palmeri – Palmer's amaranth, Palmer pigweed, careless weed
• Amaranthus polygonoides – tropical amaranth
• Amaranthus powellii – green amaranth, Powell amaranth, Powell pigweed
• Amaranthus pringlei – Pringle's amaranth
• Amaranthus pumilus – seaside amaranth
• Amaranthus retroflexus – reid-ruit amaranth, reidruit pigweed, common amaranth
• Amaranthus scleranthoides – variously Amaranthus sclerantoides
• Amaranthus scleropoides – bane-bract amaranth
• Amaranthus spinosus – spiny amaranth, prickly amaranth, thorny amaranth
• Amaranthus standleyanus
• Amaranthus thunbergii – Thunberg's amaranth
• Amaranthus torreyi – Torrey's amaranth
• Amaranthus tricolor – Joseph's-coat
• Amaranthus tuberculatus – rough-fruit amaranth, taw waterhemp
• Amaranthus viridis – slender amaranth, green amaranth
• Amaranthus watsonii – Watson's amaranth
• Amaranthus wrightii – Wright's amaranth