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Amaranthus, collectively known as amaranth or pigweed, is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs.
  
 
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Approximately 60 species are presently recognized, including:
 
* ''[[Amaranthus acanthochiton]]'' greenstripe
 
* ''[[Amaranthus acanthochiton]]'' greenstripe
 
* ''[[Amaranthus acutilobius]]'' sharp-lobe amaranth
 
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Image:Amaranthus caudatus1.jpg|Loves-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus)
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Image:Amaranthus.hybridus1web.jpg|Green Amaranth (''A. hybridus'')
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Image:Seabeach Amaranth.jpg|Seabeach amaranth (''A. pumilus''), an [[endangered species]] of amaranth
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Image:Illustration Amaranthus retroflexus0.jpg|Red-root Amaranth (''A. retroflexus'') - from Thomé, ''Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz'' 1885
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Image:Amaranthus.spinosus1web.jpg|Spiny Amaranth (''Amaranthus spinosus'')
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Image:Amaranthus.viridis1web.jpg|Green Amaranth (''Amaranthus viridis'')
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Image:Amaranth_sp_2.jpg| Popping Amaranth (Amaranthus sp.)
 
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Amaranthus caudatus


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Amaranthus, collectively known as amaranth or pigweed, is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs.

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