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Amaranthaceae[FNA4, HC, HC2](Amaranth Family)
Synonyms:
Chenopodiaceae[FNA4, HC]Goosefoot Family

Notes: Taxonomy follows APG III (http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/welcome.html).

References:

» The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. 2003. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 141: 399–436.
» Weber, W.A. 1953. Balsamorhiza terebinthacea and other hybrid balsam-roots. Madroño 12: 47-49.

Family information last updated 9/4/2012 by David Giblin.

Taxon (native taxa in boldface)
Common Names
# Synonyms
Amaranthus albus L.[FNA4, HC, HC2]
white pigweed, tumbleweed
2 synonyms
matweed, prostrate pigweed
1 synonym
livid amaranth, pale amaranth
3 synonyms
California amaranth
1 synonym
Argentina amaranth
0 synonyms
green amaranth, hybrid amaranth, smooth amaranth, green pigweed, smooth pigweed
0 synonyms
green amaranth, Powell's amaranth
4 synonyms
redroot pigweed, rough pigweed
1 synonym
silver orache, silverscale orache
0 synonyms
var. argentea[FNA4, HC2, KZ99]
silver saltbush, silverscale
1 synonym
fourwing saltbush, hoary saltbush, shadscale, wingscale
2 synonyms
var. canescens[FNA4, HC, HC2]
hoary saltbush
2 synonyms
Atriplex dioica Raf.[FNA4, HC, HC2]
thickleaf orache, saline saltbush
3 synonyms
Gardner's saltbush
0 synonyms
moundscale, gardner's saltbush, sickle saltbush, saltsage
2 synonyms
Gmelin's orache, Gmelin's saltbush
0 synonyms
var. gmelinii[FNA4, HC2]
Gmelin's orache, Gmelin's saltbush
4 synonyms
orache, Russian atriplex orache
1 synonym
Atriplex hortensis L.[FNA4, HC, HC2]
garden orache, French spinach
1 synonym
grassleaf orache, narrow-leaved orache
1 synonym
Atriplex longipes Drejer[Flora Europaea, HC2]
long-stalked orache, Baltic saltbush
3 synonyms
oblongleaf orache
0 synonyms
Atriplex patula L.[FNA4, HC, HC2]
halberdleaf orache, spear orache
3 synonyms
fat hen, hastate orache, thin-leaf orache
1 synonym
Atriplex rosea L.[FNA4, HC, HC2]
red orache, tumbling orache
0 synonyms
wedge orache, wedgeleaf orache, wedgescale orache
2 synonyms
five-hook bassia, five-hook smotherweed
2 synonyms
red belvedere, mock cypress, summer cypress
5 synonyms
strawberry blite, Indian ink, Indian paint
2 synonyms
Indian ink , Indian-paint, strawberry-blight
2 synonyms
Nuttall's povertyweed
3 synonyms
prostrate monolepis
2 synonyms
leafy goosefoot
2 synonyms
nettleleaf goosefoot, wall goosefoot, sowbane
2 synonyms
giant goosefoot, maple leaf goosefoot
5 synonyms
Chenopodium album L.[FNA4, HC, HC2]
lambsquarters, pigweed
3 synonyms
pinyon goosefoot
1 synonym
Berlandieri's goosefoot
0 synonyms
pitseed goosefoot
2 synonyms
Fremont's goosefoot
1 synonym
narrowleaf goosefoot
2 synonyms
desert goosefoot, narrowleaf goosefoot
1 synonym
white goosefoot
5 synonyms
smooth goosefoot
1 synonym
American bugseed
0 synonyms
var. americanum[FNA4, HC2]
American bugseed
0 synonyms
Hooker's bugseed
1 synonym
Hooker's bugseed
0 synonyms
Pacific bugseed
1 synonym
Pallas' bugseed
1 synonym
pale bugseed
1 synonym
hairy bugseed
1 synonym
Mexican tea, wormseed
2 synonyms
Jerusalem oak goosefoot, Jerusalem oak
2 synonyms
small crumbweed, clammy goosefoot
2 synonyms
spiny hopsage
2 synonyms
halogeton, saltlover
1 synonym
red povertyweed
2 synonyms
low goosefoot, red goosefoot
3 synonyms
glaucous goosefoot, oakleaf goosefoot
1 synonym
oak-leaf goosefoot
1 synonym
Rocky Mountain goosefoot
3 synonyms
marshland goosefoot
3 synonyms
red goosefoot
1 synonym
low saltwort
3 synonyms
woody glasswort, pickleweed
2 synonyms
red glasswort saltwort
1 synonym
Russian thistle, tumbleweed
5 synonyms
paiuteweed, common seablite, horned seablite, pahute weed
6 synonyms
bushy seablite seepweed
4 synonyms
slender seablite, western seepweed
1 synonym