The following species in the flowering plant genus Amaranthus, the amaranths, are accepted by Plants of the World Online.[1] A number of these species are neglected and underutilized crops.[2]
Amaranthus acanthobracteatusHenrard
Amaranthus acanthochitonJ.D.Sauer
Amaranthus acutilobusUline & W.L.Bray
Amaranthus × adulterinusThell.
Amaranthus albusL.
Amaranthus anderssoniiJ.T.Howell
Amaranthus arenicolaI.M.Johnst.
Amaranthus asplundiiThell.
Amaranthus atropurpureusRoxb.
Amaranthus aureusF.Dietr.
Amaranthus australis(A.Gray) J.D.Sauer
Amaranthus bahiensisMart.
Amaranthus bengalenseSaubhik Das & Iamonico
Amaranthus blitoidesS.Watson
Amaranthus blitumL.
Amaranthus brandegeeiStandl.
Amaranthus browniiChristoph. & Caum
Amaranthus × budensisPriszter
Amaranthus × cacciatoi(Aellen ex Cacciato) Iamonico
Amaranthus californicus(Moq.) S.Watson
Amaranthus cannabinus(L.) J.D.Sauer
Amaranthus capensisThell.
Amaranthus cardenasianusHunz.
Amaranthus × caturusB.Heyne ex Hook.f.
Amaranthus caudatusL.
Amaranthus celosioidesKunth
Amaranthus centralisJ.Palmer & Mowatt
Amaranthus clementiiDomin
Amaranthus cochleitepalusDomin
Amaranthus commutatusA.Kern.
Amaranthus congestusC.C.Towns.
Amaranthus crassipesSchltdl.
Amaranthus crispus(Lesp. & Thévenau) A.Braun ex J.M.Coult. & S.Watson
Amaranthus cruentusL.
Amaranthus cuspidifoliusDomin
Amaranthus deflexusL.
Amaranthus dinteriSchinz
Amaranthus fimbriatus(Torr.) Benth.
Amaranthus floridanus(S.Watson) J.D.Sauer
Amaranthus furcatusJ.T.Howell
Amaranthus graecizansL.
Amaranthus grandiflorus(J.M.Black) J.M.Black
Amaranthus greggiiS.Watson
Amaranthus hunzikeriN.Bayón
Amaranthus hybridusL.
Amaranthus hypochondriacusL.
Amaranthus induratusC.A.Gardner ex J.Palmer & Mowatt
^"Amaranthus L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
^Das, Saubhik (28 February 2014). "Domestication, phylogeny and taxonomic delimitation in underutilized grain Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae) – a status review". Feddes Repertorium. 123 (4): 273–282. doi:10.1002/fedr.201200017. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
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