Amaranth

Amaranthus {{{latin_name}}}	Amaranth
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Amaranthus, collectively known as amaranth or pigweed, is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs.

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Species

Approximately 60 species are presently recognized, including:

• Amaranthus acanthochiton greenstripe
• Amaranthus acutilobius sharp-lobe amaranth
• Amaranthus albus white pigweed, prostrate pigweed, pigweed amaranth
• Amaranthus arenicola sandhill amaranth
• Amaranthus australis southern 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 California amaranth, California pigweed
• Amaranthus cannabinus tidal-marsh amaranth
• Amaranthus caudatus love-lies-bleeding, pendant amaranth, tassel flower, quilete
• Amaranthus chihuahuensis chihuahuan amaranth
• Amaranthus chlorostachys
• Amaranthus crassipes spreading amaranth
• Amaranthus crispus crispleaf amaranth
• Amaranthus cruentus purple amaranth, red amaranth, Mexican grain amaranth
• Amaranthus deflexus large-fruit amaranth
• Amaranthus dubius spleen amaranth, khada sag
• Amaranthus fimbriatus fringed amaranth, fringed pigweed
• Amaranthus floridanus Florida amaranth
• Amaranthus gangeticus elephant head amaranth
• Amaranthus graecizans
• Amaranthus greggii Gregg's amaranth
• Amaranthus hybridus smooth amaranth, smooth pigweed, red amaranth
• Amaranthus hypochondriacus Prince-of-Wales-feather, princess feather
• Amaranthus leucocarpus
• Amaranthus lineatus Australian amaranth
• Amaranthus lividus
• Amaranthus mantegazzianus Quinoa de Castilla
• Amaranthus minimus
• Amaranthus muricatus African amaranth
• Amaranthus obcordatus Trans-Pecos amaranth
• Amaranthus oleraceous Kosala Sag
• Amaranthus palmeri Palmer's amaranth, palmer pigweed, careless weed
• Amaranthus paniculus Reuzen amarant
• Amaranthus polygonoides tropical amaranth
• Amaranthus powellii green amaranth, Powell amaranth, Powell pigweed
• Amaranthus pringlei Pringle's amaranth
• Amaranthus pumilus seaside amaranth
• Amaranthus quitensis ataco, sangorache
• Amaranthus retroflexus red-root amaranth, redroot pigweed, common amaranth
• Amaranthus rudis tall amaranth, common waterhemp
• Amaranthus scleropoides bone-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, tall waterhemp
• Amaranthus viridis slender amaranth, green amaranth
• Amaranthus watsonii Watson's amaranth
• Amaranthus wrightii Wright's amaranth

Gallery

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  Loves-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus)
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  Green Amaranth (A. hybridus)
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  Seabeach amaranth (A. pumilus), an endangered species of amaranth
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  Red-root Amaranth (A. retroflexus) - from Thomé, Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885
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  Spiny Amaranth (Amaranthus spinosus)
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  Green Amaranth (Amaranthus viridis)
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  Popping Amaranth (Amaranthus sp.)

External links

• w:Amaranth. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
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