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  • Vascular plant groups
  • Club mosses
  • Ferns
  • Vegetative key to families
  • Gymnosperms
  • Flowering plants
  • Genera
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Vascular plants

Magnoliophyta

Magnoliopsida

Amaranthaceae

Amaranthus

  • Amaranthus spinosus
  • Amaranthus albus
  • Amaranthus powelli
  • Amaranthus retroflexus
  • Amaranthus cordatus
  • Amaranthus quitensis
  • Amaranthus powellii
  • Amaranthus hybridus
  • Amaranthus cruentus
  • Amaranthus mitchelli
  • Amaranthus macrocarpus macrocarpus
  • Amaranthus macrocarpus pallidus
  • Amaranthus deflexus
  • Amaranthus blitum
  • Amaranthus viridis

Amaranthus L.

20 species in Aust. (5 native); all states and territories

Erect to prostrate, usually monoecious, annual herbs. Leaves alternate, entire. Flowers unisexual, small, with a bract and 2 bracteoles at the base, in axillary or terminal clusters or spikes which often form a dense panicle. Perianth segments 3–5, green or scarious. Stamens 3–5, free. Styles 2–3. Fruit a nut or capsule , enclosed in the persistent perianth. Seed solitary, black, glossy.