Checklist: Amaranthaceae

AMARANTHACEAE

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This is a checklist of taxa generated from the database. Genera and species which are purely cultivated have been excluded.

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CHENOPODIACEAE 
Literature:  
Brenan, J.P.M. (1988) Chenopodiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1)  
Townsend, C.C. (1988) Amaranthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1)  
  
NamesFZ Divisions
Sericostachys scandens Gilg & Lopr.
  
DYSPHANIA R.Br. 
Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants
Chenopodium ambrosioides L.
Dysphania procera (Hochst. ex Moq.) Mosyakin & Clemants
Chenopodium procerum Hochst. ex Moq.
Dysphania pumilio (R.Br.) Mosyakin & Clemants
Dysphania schraderiana (Schult.) Mosyakin & Clemants
Chenopodium foetidum Schrad.
Chenopodium schraderianum Schultz.
Mechowia grandiflora Schinz IV,XI
  
2223.000 CHENOPODIUM L. 
Chenopodium opulifolium Schrad. ex Koch & Ziz.
Chenopodium ugandae (Aellen) Aellen
  
2292.000 CELOSIA L. 
Celosia elegantissima Hauman
Celosia schweinfurthiana Schinz
Celosia stuhlmanniana Schinz
Celosia trigyna L.
Celosia digyna Suess.
  
2299.000 AMARANTHUS L. 
Amaranthus blitum L.
subsp. blitum
Amaranthus ascendens Loisel.
Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. ascendens (Loisel.) Schübl. & G.Martens
Amaranthus lividus L. subsp. lividus
Amaranthus lividus L. subsp. ascendens (Loisel.) Wacht.
Amaranthus blitum L.
subsp. emarginatus (Salzm. ex Uline & Bray) Carretero, Muñoz Garm. & Pedrol
Amaranthus adscendens Loisel. subsp. polygonoides (Moq.) Priszter
Amaranthus lividus L. var. polygonoides (Moq.) Thell.
Amaranthus lividus L. subsp. polygonoides (Moq.) Probst
Euxolus viridis (L.) Moq. var. polygonoides Moq.
Amaranthus cruentus L.
subsp. incurvatus sensu Brenan
Amaranthus hybridus L. subsp. cruentus (L.) Thell.
*Amaranthus dubius Mart. ex Thell.
Amaranthus patulus sensu Baker & Clarke in F.T.A. 6, 1: 33 (1909) non Bertol.
Amaranthus tristis sensu Moq. in DC., Prodr. 13, 2: 260 (1849) non L.
Amaranthus graecizans L.
subsp. silvestris (Vill.) Brenan
Amaranthus angustifolius M.Bieb. ex Willd. var. silvestris (Vill.) thell.
Amaranthus angustifolius M.Bieb. ex Willd. subsp. silvestris (Vill.) Henkels
Amaranthus graecizans L. var. silvestris (Vill.) Asch.
Amaranthus silvestris Vill.
Amaranthus graecizans L.
subsp. graecizans
Amaranthus hybridus L.
subsp. hybridus
Amaranthus spinosus L.
  
2309.010 CENTEMOPSIS Schinz 
  
2312.000 CYATHULA Blume 
Cyathula cylindrica Moq.
Achyranthes cylindrica Bojer ex Moq.
Cyathula schimperiana Moq.
Pandiaka cylindrica (Moq.) B.D.Jacks.
Cyathula polycephala Baker
Cyathula cordifolia Hochst. ex Chiov.
Cyathula echinulata Hauman
Cyathula schimperiana Hochst. ex Moq. var. tomentosa Suess.
Pupalia polycephala (Baker) Chiov.
Cyathula uncinulata (Schrad.) Schinz
Achyranthes globulifera Bojer ex Moq.
Achyranthes uncinulata Schrad.
Alternanthera lappulacea Schltdl. ex Moq.
Cyathula globulifera Moq.
Desmochaeta uncinulata (Schrad.) Hiern
Pupalia globosa Bechst. & Steud. nom. nud.
  
2314.000 PUPALIA A. Juss. 
Pupalia grandiflora Peter
Pupalia lappacea (L.) A. Juss.
var. velutina (Moq.) Hook. f.
Achyranthes mollis Thonn.
Desmochaeta flavescens DC.
Pupalia distantiflora A. Rich.
Pupalia lappacea (L.) A. Juss. var. tomentosa (Peter) Suesseng.
Pupalia mollis (Thonn.) Moq.
Pupalia tomentosa Peter
Pupalia velutina Moq.
  
2317.000 AERVA Forssk. 
Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult.
Achyranthes lanata L.
Aerva mozambicensis Gandoger
Aerva leucura Moq.
Aerva ambigua Moq.
Aerva edulis Suess.
Aerva leucura Moq. var. lanatoides Suess.
  
2324.000 PSILOTRICHUM Blume 
Psilotrichum patulum (Willd.) I.M.Turner
Celosia patula Willd.
Psilotrichum elliotii Baker
Psilotrichum schimperi Engl.
  
2328.000 ACHYRANTHES L. 
*Achyranthes aspera L.
Centrostachys aspera (L.) Standl.
Stachyarpagophora aspera (L.) M.Gómez
  
2328.010 PANDIAKA (Moq.) Hook. f. 
Pandiaka rubrolutea (Lopr.) C.C. Towns.
Achyranthes rubro-lutea Lopr.
Cyathula rubrolutea (Lopr.) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch
Pandiaka andongensis Hiern
Pandiaka welwitschii (Schinz) Hiern
  
2335.000 ALTERNANTHERA Forssk. 
*Alternanthera caracasana Kunth
Alternanthera peploides (Schult.) Britton
Alternanthera pungens Kunth
Alternanthera echinata Sm.
Alternanthera repens (L.) Link
Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC.
Alternanthera repens Gmel.
Gomphrena sessilis L.
Illecebrum sessile (L.) L.
  
2338.000 GOMPHRENA L. 
*Gomphrena celosioides Mart.
Gomphrena alba Peter
Gomphrena globosa L. subsp. africana Stuchlik

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The DRC flora team (2025). Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Checklist: Amaranthaceae].
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-checklist.php?family_id=8, retrieved 15 August 2025

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