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Vernacular names of plants within the Subfamily Amaranthoideae

Hierarchical position of the Subfamily Amaranthoideae

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       Subfamilia  Amaranthoideae Burnett pub. Outl. Bot.: 591, 593, 1091, 1142. Jun 1835.

Named members of the Subfamily Amaranthoideae

1	Tribus  Amarantheae Rchb. pub. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2(2): 575, 583. 1832.
	2    Subtribus  Amaranthinae Fenzl in Endl. pub. Gen. Pl.: 303. Oct 1837.      3    Genus  Amaranthus L. pub. (1753) common name: pigweed, amaranth

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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