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Amaranthus, collectively known as amaranth or pigweed, is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs.
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Propagation
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Pests and diseases
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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)
Green Amaranth (A. hybridus)
Seabeach amaranth (A. pumilus), an endangered species of amaranth
Red-root Amaranth (A. retroflexus) - from Thomé, Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885
Spiny Amaranth (Amaranthus spinosus)
Green Amaranth (Amaranthus viridis)
Popping Amaranth (Amaranthus sp.)
References
External links
- w:Amaranth. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Amaranth QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)