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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Amaranthaceae

Hierarchical position of the Family Amaranthaceae

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Caryophyllidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Caryophyllanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Caryophyllales Perleb pub. 1826       Familia  Amaranthaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 87. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Amaranths

Named members of the Family Amaranthaceae

1	Genus  Acanthochiton Torr. syn. Amaranthus L.
2	Genus  Achyranthes L. common name: chaff flower
3	Subfamilia  Achyranthoideae Kostel. pub. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 4: 1445. Jan-Oct 1835.
	4    Tribus  Achyrantheae Fenzl in Endl. pub. Gen. Pl.: 302. Oct 1837.   5    Subtribus  Achyranthinae Benth. & Hook.f. pub. Gen. Pl. 3: 21. 7 Apr 1880.   6    Genus  Achyranthus L. pub. (1753)
7	Genus  Achyropsis (Moq.) Hook.f.
8	Genus  Acnida L. syn. Amaranthus L.
9	Subtribus  Aervinae Fenzl in Endl. pub. Gen. Pl.: 302. Oct 1837.
	10    Genus  Aerva Forssk. pub. (1775) common name: aerva
11	Genus  Allmania R.Br. ex Wight
12	Genus  Allmaniopsis Suess.
13	Genus  Alternanthera Forssk. common name: joyweed
14	Subfamilia  Amaranthoideae Burnett pub. Outl. Bot.: 591, 593, 1091, 1142. Jun 1835.
	15    Tribus  Amarantheae Rchb. pub. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2(2): 575, 583. 1832.      16    Subtribus  Amaranthinae Fenzl in Endl. pub. Gen. Pl.: 303. Oct 1837.      17    Genus  Amaranthus L. pub. (1753) common name: pigweed, amaranth
18	Genus  Apterantha C.H.Wright syn. Lagrezia Moq.
19	Genus  Arthraerua (Kuntze) Schinz
20	Genus  Banalia Moq. syn. Indobanalia A.N.Henry & B.Roy
21	Genus  Blutaparon Raf. common name: blutaparon
22	Subtribus  Boseinae Webb & Berthel. pub. Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2.3): 267. Apr-Mai 1847.
	23    Genus  Bosea L. pub. (1753)
24	Genus  Bragantia Vand. syn. Gomphrena L.
25	Genus  Brandesia Mart. syn. Alternanthera Forssk.
26	Genus  Brayulinea Small syn. Guilleminea Kunth
27	Genus  Calicorema Hook.f.
28	Subfamilia  Celosioideae (Fenzl) Lindl. pub. Veg. Kingd.: 510, 511. Jan-Mai 1846.
	29    Tribus  Celosieae Fenzl in Endl. pub. Gen. Pl.: 303. Oct 1837.      30    Genus  Celosia L. pub. (1753) common name: cock's comb
31	Genus  Centema Hook.f.
32	Genus  Centemopsis Schinz
33	Genus  Centrostachys Wall.
34	Genus  Chamissoa Kunth common name: chamissoa
35	Genus  Charpentiera Gaudich. common name: papala
36	Genus  Chionothrix Hook.f.
37	Genus  Cladostachys D.Don syn. Deeringia R.Br.
38	Genus  Cladothrix (Moq.) Hook.f. syn. Tidestromia Standl.
39	Genus  Cyathula Blume common name: cyathula
40	Genus  Dasysphaera Volkens ex Gilg
41	Genus  Deeringia R. Br. pub. (1810)
42	Genus  Dicraurus Hook.f. syn. Iresine P.Browne
43	Genus  Digera Forssk.
44	Genus  Dipteranthemum F.Muell. syn. Ptilotus R.Br.
45	Genus  Eriostylos C.C.Towns.
46	Genus  Froelichiella R.E.Fr.
47	Subtribus  Froelichiinae Volkens in Engl. & Prantl pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam., III, 1a: 97. Aug 1893.
	48    Genus  Froelichia Moench pub. (1794) common name: snakecotton
49	Subfamilia  Gomphrenoideae Kostel. pub. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 4: 1440. Jan-Oct 1835.
	50    Tribus  Gomphreneae Fenzl in Endl. pub. Gen. Pl.: 301. Oct 1837.      51    Subtribus  Gomphreninae D. Parodi pub. Contr. Fl. Paraguay, Amarant.: 16. 1892.      52    Genus  Gomphrena L. pub. (1753) common name: globe amaranth
53	Genus  Gossypianthus Hook. syn. Guilleminea Kunth common name: cottonflower
54	Tribus  Guillemineeae Volkens in Engl. & Prantl pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam., III, 1a: 97, 113. Aug 1893.
	55    Genus  Guilleminea Kunth pub. (1823) common name: matweed
56	Genus  Hebantha Mart. syn. Pfaffia Mart.
57	Genus  Henonia Moq.
58	Genus  Herbstia Sohmer
59	Genus  Hermbstaedtia Rchb. common name: hermbstaedtia
60	Genus  Indobanalia A.N.Henry & B.Roy
61	Genus  Irenella Suess.
62	Genus  Iresine P.Browne common name: bloodleaf
63	Genus  Kentrosphaera Volkens syn. Volkensinia Schinz
64	Genus  Kyphocarpa (Fenzl ex Endl.) Lopr.
65	Genus  Lagrezia Moq.
66	Genus  Leucosphaera Gilg
67	Genus  Lithophila Sw. common name: lithophila
68	Genus  Lopriorea Schinz
69	Genus  Marcellia Baill. syn. Marcelliopsis Schinz
70	Genus  Marcelliopsis Schinz
71	Genus  Mechowia Schinz
72	Genus  Melanocarpum Hook.f. syn. Pleuropetalum Hook.f.
73	Genus  Mogiphanes Mart. syn. Alternanthera Forssk.
74	Genus  Montelia A.Gray syn. Amaranthus L.
75	Genus  Nelsia Schinz
76	Genus  Neocentema Schinz
77	Genus  Nothosaerva Wight
78	Genus  Nototrichium (A.Gray) W.F.Hillebr. common name: rockwort
79	Genus  Nyssanthes R.Br.
80	Genus  Opulaster
81	Genus  Pandiaka (Moq.) Hook.f.
82	Genus  Pfaffia Mart. common name: pfaffia
83	Genus  Philoxerus R.Br. syn. Gomphrena L. common name: philoxerus
84	Genus  Pleuropetalum Hook.f.
85	Genus  Pleuropterantha Franch.
86	Genus  Polyrhabda C.C.Towns.
87	Genus  Pseudodigera Chiov. syn. Digera Forssk.
88	Genus  Pseudogomphrena R.E.Fr.
89	Genus  Pseudoplantago Suess.
90	Genus  Pseudosericocoma Cavaco
91	Genus  Psilodigera Suess. syn. Saltia R.Br. ex Moq.
92	Genus  Psilostachys Hochst. syn. Psilotrichum Blume
93	Genus  Psilotrichopsis C.C.Towns.
94	Genus  Psilotrichum Blume
95	Genus  Ptilotus R.Br.
96	Genus  Pupalia Juss.
97	Genus  Quaternella Pedersen
98	Genus  Robynsiella Suess. syn. Centemopsis Schinz
99	Genus  Rodetia Moq. syn. Bosea L.
100	Genus  Rosifax C.C.Towns.
101	Genus  Saltia R.Br. ex Moq.
102	Genus  Sericocoma Fenzl
103	Genus  Sericocomopsis Schinz
104	Genus  Sericorema (Hook.f.) Lopr.
105	Genus  Sericostachys Gilg & Lopr.
106	Genus  Siamosia K.Larsen & Pedersen
107	Genus  Stilbanthus Hook.f.
108	Genus  Telanthera R.Br. syn. Alternanthera Forssk.
109	Genus  Tidestromia Standl. common name: honeysweet
110	Genus  Trichinium R.Br. syn. Ptilotus R.Br.
111	Genus  Trichuriella Bennet
112	Genus  Trichurus C.C.Towns. syn. Trichuriella Bennet
113	Genus  Volkensinia Schinz
114	Genus  Woehleria Griseb.

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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