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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

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

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

• 6 are recorded as invalid
• 12 are recorded as illegitimate

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: