List of Amaranthus species

The following species in the flowering plant genus Amaranthus, the amaranths, are accepted by Plants of the World Online.^[1] A number of these species are neglected and underutilized crops.^[2]

Henrard
Amaranthus acanthochiton J.D.Sauer
Uline & W.L.Bray
Thell.
Amaranthus albus L.
Amaranthus anderssonii J.T.Howell
Amaranthus arenicola I.M.Johnst.
Thell.
Roxb.
F.Dietr.
Amaranthus australis (A.Gray) J.D.Sauer
Mart.
Saubhik Das & Iamonico
Amaranthus blitoides S.Watson
Amaranthus blitum L.
Standl.
Amaranthus brownii Christoph. & Caum
Priszter
(Aellen ex Cacciato) Iamonico
Amaranthus californicus (Moq.) S.Watson
Amaranthus cannabinus (L.) J.D.Sauer
Thell.
Hunz.
B.Heyne ex Hook.f.
Amaranthus caudatus L.
Kunth
J.Palmer & Mowatt
Domin
Domin
A.Kern.
C.C.Towns.
Amaranthus crassipes Schltdl.
Amaranthus crispus (Lesp. & Thévenau) A.Braun ex J.M.Coult. & S.Watson
Amaranthus cruentus L.
Domin
Amaranthus deflexus L.
Schinz
Amaranthus fimbriatus (Torr.) Benth.
Amaranthus floridanus (S.Watson) J.D.Sauer
Amaranthus furcatus J.T.Howell
Amaranthus graecizans L.
Amaranthus grandiflorus (J.M.Black) J.M.Black
Amaranthus greggii S.Watson
N.Bayón
Amaranthus hybridus L.
Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.
C.A.Gardner ex J.Palmer & Mowatt
R.Br.
Thell.
Hunz.
S.F.Blake
Hunz.
Suess.
Benth.
Standl.
Amaranthus mitchellii Benth.
Amaranthus muricatus (Gillies ex Moq.) Hieron.
D.B.Pratt, Sánch.Pino & Flores Olv.
(A.Gray) Standl.
Amaranthus palmeri S.Watson
Saubhik Das
N.Bayón & C.Peláez
Hunz.
(Schauer) Standl.
Amaranthus polygonoides L.
Amaranthus powellii S.Watson
Brenan
Amaranthus pumilus Raf.
(Contré) Iamonico
Sindu Arya, V.S.A.Kumar, W.K.Vishnu & Iamonico
Contré
Amaranthus retroflexus L.
R.Br.
Hunz.
Sindu Arya, V.S.A.Kumar, W.K.Vishnu & Rajesh Kumar
Benth.
Thell.
(Andersson) Andersson
Uline & W.L.Bray
Iamonico & El Mokni
Priszter & Kárpáti
Thell.
Amaranthus spinosus L.
(Andersson) B.L.Rob.
Parodi ex Covas
Nutt.
Henrickson
Henrickson
Amaranthus thunbergii Moq.
Amaranthus torreyi (A.Gray) Benth. ex S.Watson
Hornem.
Amaranthus tricolor L.
Amaranthus tuberculatus (Moq.) J.D.Sauer
Henrickson
Iamonico & El Mokni
R.Br.
Benth.
Amaranthus viridis L.
Greene
Speg.
Amaranthus watsonii Standl.
Amaranthus wrightii S.Watson

References[]

^ "Amaranthus L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
^ Das, Saubhik (28 February 2014). "Domestication, phylogeny and taxonomic delimitation in underutilized grain Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae) – a status review". Feddes Repertorium. 123 (4): 273–282. doi:10.1002/fedr.201200017. Retrieved 11 September 2021.

[327362-2-1] "Amaranthus L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.

[2] Das, Saubhik (28 February 2014). "Domestication, phylogeny and taxonomic delimitation in underutilized grain Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae) – a status review". Feddes Repertorium. 123 (4): 273–282. doi:10.1002/fedr.201200017. Retrieved 11 September 2021.

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