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Amaranthus

The genus Amaranthus is in the family Amaranthaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Amaranthus

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Amaranthus acanthobracteatus Henr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus acanthochiton Sauer Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus × adulterinus Thell. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus albus L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus anderssonii J.T.Howell Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus arenicola I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus asplundii Thell. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus atropurpureus Roxb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus aureus F.Dietr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus australis (A.Gray) Sauer Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus bahiensis Mart. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus bigelowii Uline & W.L.Bray Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus blitoides S.Watson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus blitum L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus brandegeei Standl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus brasiliensis Moq. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus brownii Christoph. & Caum Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus × budensis Priszter Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus californicus (Moq.) S.Watson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus campestris Willd. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus cannabinus (L.) Sauer Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus capensis Thell. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus caracasanus Kunth Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus cardenasianus Hunz. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus caturus Roxb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus caudatus L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus celosioides Kunth Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus chihuahensis S.Watson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus clementii Domin Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus cochleitepalus Domin Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus commutatus A.Kern. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus congestus C.C.Towns. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus crassipes Schltdl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus crispus (Lesp. & Thévenau) A.Terracc. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus cruentus L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus cuspidifolius Domin Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus deflexus L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus dinteri Schinz Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus dubius Mart. ex Thell. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus fimbriatus (Torr.) Benth. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus floridanus (S.Watson) Sauer Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus furcatus J.T.Howell Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus graecizans L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus grandiflorus (J.M.Black) J.M.Black Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus greggii S.Watson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus haughtii Standl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus hunzikeri N.Bayón Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus hybridus L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus hypochondriacus L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus interruptus R.Br. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus kloosianus Hunz. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus leptostachyus Benth. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus lepturus S.F.Blake Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus lombardoi Hunz. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus looseri Suess. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus macrocarpus Benth. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus mangostanus L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus minimus Standl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus mitchellii Benth. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus muricatus (Gillies ex Moq.) Hieron. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus × ozanonii Piszter Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus pallidiflorus F.Muell. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus palmeri S.Watson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus paolii Chiov. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus paraguayensis Parodi Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus parvulus Peter Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus persimilis Hunz. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus peruvianus (Schauer) Standl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus polygamus L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus polygonoides L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus polystachyus Willd. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus powellii S.Watson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus praetermissus Brenan Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus pringlei S.Watson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus pumilus Raf. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus retroflexus L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus rosengurttii Hunz. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus roxburghianus H.W.Kung Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus scandens L.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus scariosus Benth. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus schinzianus Thell. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus scleranthoides (Andersson) Andersson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus scleropoides Uline & W.L.Bray Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus × soproniensis Priszter & Kárpáti Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus sparganicephalus Thell. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus spinosus L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus squamulatus (Andersson) B.L.Rob. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus standleyanus Parodi ex Covas Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus tamariscinus Nutt. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus tamaulipensis Henrickson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus tenuifolius Willd. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus × texensis Henrickson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus thellungianus Nevski Accepted M TRO
Amaranthus thunbergii Moq. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus tricolor L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus tuberculatus (Moq.) Sauer Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus tucsonensis Henrickson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus urceolatus Benth. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus venulosus S.Watson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus viridis L. Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus vulgatissimus Speg. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus watsonii Standl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Amaranthus wrightii S.Watson Accepted M WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 386 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Amaranthus. Of these 103 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 168 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Amaranthus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 386 species names for the genus Amaranthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 103 26.7%
Synonym 200 51.8%
Unplaced 64 16.6%
Unassessed 19 4.9%

All names

The status of the 554 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Amaranthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 113 20.4%
Synonym 357 64.4%
Unplaced 64 11.6%
Unassessed 20 3.6%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 386 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Amaranthus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 102 184 0 0 286 74.1%
Low confidence 1 16 64 19 100 25.9%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Amaranthus, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 10 0 8 0 19 4.9%
WCSP (in review) 102 190 64 11 0 367 95.1%