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Washington Flora Checklist A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium |
About| Amaranthaceae (Amaranth Family) |
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Notes: Recent molecular work suggests Chenopodiaceae may eventually be included within the Amaranthaceae Family Synonyms: (none) Literature: » Robertson, K. R. 1981. The genera of Amaranthaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arboretum 62: 267-314.
» Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. 1998. An ordinal classification for the families of flowering plants. Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 85: 531-553.
Family treatment authored by Peter F. Zika; last updated 10/21/2003 by Peter F. Zika
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| Taxon (native species in boldface) | # Synonyms | Common Names |
| Amaranthus albus L. [FNA, H&C] | 2 | tumbleweed, white pigweed |
| Amaranthus blitoides S. Watson [FNA] | 1 | prostrate pigweed, matweed |
| Amaranthus blitum L. [FNA4, not in H&C] | 3 | pale or livid amaranth |
| Amaranthus californicus (Moq.) S. Wats. [FNA4] | 1 | California amaranth |
| Amaranthus cruentus L. [FNA4, not in H&C] | 2 | blood or purple amaranth, caterpillar amaranth |
| Amaranthus hybridus L. [FNA4, not in H&C] | 0 | smooth amaranth, smooth pigweed, green amaranth, green pigweed, hybrid amaranth |
| Amaranthus powellii S. Watson [H&C, FNA4] | 4 | green amaranth, Powell's amaranth |
| Amaranthus retroflexus L. [H&C, FNA4] | 1 | redroot pigweed, rough pigweed |
| Amaranthus tuberculatus (Moq.) J. D. Sauer [FNA4, not in H&C] | 12 | tall or rough-fruited waterhemp |
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