2299.000 Amaranthus L.

Description of the genus

Unarmed or spiny, annual, rarely perennial, monoecious herbs. Leaves alternate, long-petiolate, simple and entire or sinuate. Flowers unisexual. Bracts and 2 bracteoles present. Perianth segments (2-)3-5, free or connate at base, membranous. Fruit a capsule, indehiscent, rupturing irregularly or with a circumscissile lid. Seeds usually black and shining.

Worldwide: 60 species, in both tropical and temperate zones

Mozambique: 9 taxa.

The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:

Spoladea recurvalis (Spinach moth)

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
dubius Mart. ex Thell.	N,Z,MS,GI,M	Description, Image
graecizans L. subsp. silvestris (Vill.) Brenan	T,MS	Description, Image
graecizans L. subsp. thellungianus (Nevski) Gusev	M
hybridus L.[Agg]	N,T,M	Description, Image
hybridus L. subsp. cruentus (L.) Thell.	N,T,M
lividus L. subsp. polygonoides (Moq.) Probst	MS,M	Description, Image
spinosus L.	N,T,MS,GI,M	Description, Image
thunbergii Moq.	MS,GI,M	Description, Image
viridis L.	N,T,GI,M

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Flora of Botswana: Amaranthus
Flora of Burundi: Amaranthus
Flora of Caprivi: Amaranthus
Flora of Malawi: Amaranthus
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Amaranthus
Flora of Zambia: Amaranthus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Amaranthus

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Amaranthus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Amaranthus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Amaranthus
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iNaturalist: Amaranthus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Amaranthus
JSTOR Plant Science: Amaranthus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Amaranthus
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Tropicos: Amaranthus
Wikipedia: Amaranthus