Directory of Amaranthaceae Resources

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This family of tropical and temperate herbaceous plants and shrubs comprises 65 genera and 850 species. The leaves are mostly entire, opposite or alternate, and the flowers occur singly or in spikes, heads or tassels.

Subcategories

• Achyranthes
• Alternanthera
• Amaranthus
• Celosia
• Charpentiera
• Deeringia
• Gomphrena
• Iresine
• Nototrichium
• Pfaffia

Resources in This Category

• Amaranthaceae

  http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/amaranth.htm
  Botanical description of this family of plants and shrubs, with drawings of Amaranthus, Gomphrena and Achyranthes.

• Amaranthaceae

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaranthaceae
  Information from Wikipedia on this family of flowering plants which is now usually considered to include the family Chenopodiaceae.

• The Amaranthaceae

  http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/amaranth.htm
  General description of this family, mostly herbs but also including some shrubs or small trees. Includes photos of some representatives, mostly from Hawaii.

 

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