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Amaranthaceae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
Juss. (1789). In: Gen. Pl.: 87, Nom. Cons.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Caryophyllales
family
Amaranthaceae

Name

Synonyms
Achyranthaceae
Atriplicaceae
Blitaceae
Chenopodiaceae
Corispermaceae
Deeringiaceae
Dysphaniaceae
Salicorniaceae
Salsolaceae
Homonyms
Amaranthaceae
Common names
Amarantacee in Italian
Amarantfamilie in Dutch
Amarantfamilien in Danish
Amarantfamilien in Danish
Amaranthacées in French
Amaranthacées in French
Amaranthacées in French
Amaranthacées in French
Amarantàcies in Catalan–Valencian
Amarantáceas in Portuguese
Amarynth family in English
Burnotiniai in Lithuanian
Cockscomb family in English
Fuchsschwanzgewächse in language.
Fuchsschwanzgewächse in language.
Fuchsschwanzgewächse in German
Hanekam- & Misbredie-familie in Afrikaans
Horozibiğigiller in Turkish
Maranto in language.
Pigweed in English
Pigweed in English
Pigweed Family in English
Pigweed Family in English
Quenopodiáceas in Portuguese
Szarłatowate in Polish
amarantenfamilie in Dutch
amaranth family in language.
amaranth family in English
amaranthes in French
amaranths in English
amarantväxter in Swedish
disznóparéjfélék in Hungarian
goosefoot family in English
laskavcovité in Czech
láskavcovité in Slovak
meldefamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
mållväxter in Swedish
pigweed in English
pigweed in English
pigweed family in English
rebasheinalised in Estonian
revonhäntäkasvit in Finnish
revonhäntäkasvit in Finnish
savikkakasvit in Finnish
ščirovke in Slovenian
Амарантовые in Russian
Щирицеві in Ukrainian
Щирови in Bulgarian
Հավակատարազգիներ in Armenian
ירבוזיים in Hebrew

Bibliographic References

  1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. (2009). An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 161(2): 105-121. 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  4. Chase, Christenhusz, Fay, Byng, Judd, Soltis, Mabberley, Sennikov, Soltis & Stevens (2016) An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV
  5. Gen. Pl.: 87. 4 Aug 1789.
  6. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  7. Hernández-Ledesma, Berendsohn, Borsch, Mering, Akhani, Arias, Castañeda-Noa, Eggli, Eriksson, Flores-Olvera, Fuentes-Bazán, Kadereit, Klak, Korotkova, Nyffeler, Ocampo, Ochoterena, Oxelman, Rabeler, Sanchez, Schlumpberger & Uotila (2015) A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales
  8. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  9. Reveal, J. L. (2006). USDA - APHIS - Concordance of Family Names, 2006 version. Available online at http://www.plantsystematics.org/reveal/pbio/usda/usdaindex.html.
  10. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, The Harvard University Herbaria & The Australian National Herbarium (2026) International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
  11. Van der Meijden, R. (2005)
  12. de Jussieu (1789) Genera plantarum
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