genus Amaranthus


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Noun1.genus Amaranthus - large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbsgenus Amaranthus - large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs
Amaranthus
caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
amaranth family, Amaranthaceae, family Amaranthaceae - cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs
amaranth - any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food
Amaranthus spinosus, thorny amaranth - erect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes
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It has been reported that genus Amaranthus consists of 87 species, of which 14 are distributed in Australia, 17 in Europe, and 56 in America (Jacobsen et al, 2000).
In India the species of genus Amaranthus are mainly found in Himalayas--from Kashmir to Bhutan--and in South Indian hills.
Genus Amaranthus is characterized by the following traits: Annual or (rarely) short-lived perennial life history, herbaceous habit with prostrate to erect stem.
Biology of Amaranths
The genus Amaranthus contains at least 60 species, according to David Brenner, curator for amaranth in the U.S.
Amazing amaranth: grow this dual-purpose global 'superplant' for nutritious greens and high-protein whole grain

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