This article is about the plant genus Amaranthus. For other uses, see Amaranth (disambiguation).
Amaranth
Amaranthus tricolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Subfamily:
Amaranthoideae
Genus:
Amaranthus L.
Species
See text
Amaranthus is a cosmopolitan group of more than 50 species which make up the genus of annual or short-lived perennial plants collectively known as amaranths. Some of the more well known names include "prostrate pigweed" and "love lies bleeding".[1][2] Some amaranth species are cultivated as leaf vegetables, pseudocereals, and ornamental plants.[3] Catkin-like cymes of densely packed flowers grow in summer or fall.[4] Amaranth varies in flower, leaf, and stem color with a range of striking pigments from the spectrum of maroon to crimson and can grow longitudinally from 1 to 2.5 metres (3 to 8 feet) tall with a cylindrical, succulent, fibrous stem that is hollow with grooves and bracteoles when mature.[5]
There are approximately 75 species in the genus, 10 of which are dioecious and native to North America with the remaining 65 monoecious species endemic to every continent (except Antarctica) from tropical lowlands to the Himalayas.[6] Members of this genus share many characteristics and uses with members of the closely related genus Celosia. Amaranth grain is collected from the genus. The leaves of some species are also eaten.[7]
^St. Clair, Kassia (24 October 2017). The Secret Lives of Color. Penguin Group. p. 130. ISBN 978-0143131144.
^Bensch; et al. (2003). "Interference of redroot pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus), Palmer amaranth (A. palmeri), and common waterhemp (A. rudis) in soybean". Weed Science. 51: 37–43. doi:10.1614/0043-1745(2003)051[0037:IORPAR]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86018188.
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^Steckel, Lawrence E. (April 2007). "The Dioecious Amaranthus spp.: Here to Stay". Weed Technology. 21 (2): 567–570. doi:10.1614/WT-06-045.1. S2CID 84733087.
^Wong, James (9 February 2020). "Amaranth tastes as good as it looks". The Guardian.
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