Amaranthus Linnaeus 1753 (amaranth)

Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Amaranthaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

Parent taxon: Amaranthaceae according to R. N. Lakhanpal et al. 1976

Sister taxa: Aerva, Alternanthera, Chenopodium, Climacoptera, Deeringia, Leucosphaera, Marcelliopsis, Nucularia, Patellifolia, Pedersenia, Psilotrichum, Trichuriella, Wadithamnus

Subtaxa: Amaranthus blitum Amaranthus caudatus Amaranthus graecizans Amaranthus hybridus Amaranthus hypocondriacus Amaranthus lividus Amaranthus melancholicus Amaranthus retroflexus Amaranthus spinosus Amaranthus tricolor Amaranthus tristis

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Amaranthus in the database

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