Taxa left beyond this couplet: 13 A. blitoidesA. blitumA. caudatusA. cruentusA. deflexusA. gangeticusA. graecizans subsp. sylvestrisA. hybridus s.l.A. hypochondriacusA. muricatusA. retroflexusA. tricolorA. viridis Description of Amaranthus Annual, rarely perennial herbs; monoecious or dioecious. Leaves usually alternate. Bracteoles 3-5, small and herbaceous or membranous and spinescent. Perianth-segments 0-5, linear or lanceolate to spathulate. Styles and stigmas 2 or 3. Fruit dry, membranous, indehiscent or dehiscing transversely. Seeds vertically compressed.
Description by P. Aellen and J.R. Akeroyd extracted from Flora Europaea Vol 1-5
(Tutin et al., 1964-1993) |