2299.000 Amaranthus
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 Zimbabwe: 13 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| blitum L. subsp. emarginatus (Salzm. ex Uline & Bray) Carretero, Muñoz Garm. & Pedrol | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| cruentus L. | W,C,E,S | |
| deflexus L. | W,C | |
| dubius Mart. ex Thell. | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| graecizans L. subsp. graecizans | N | Description |
| graecizans L. subsp. silvestris (Vill.) Brenan | E,S | Description, Image |
| hybridus L. [Agg] | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| hybridus L. subsp. hybridus | W,C,E,S | |
| praetermissus Brenan | E,S | Description |
| retroflexus L. | E | Description, Image |
| spinosus L. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| thunbergii Moq. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| viridis L. | N,W |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AmaranthusBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Amaranthus
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