Amaranthus Kunth, 1818 Dataset GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank GENUS Published in Nova Genera et Species Plantarum 2 1818 Classification kingdom Plantae phylum Tracheophyta class Magnoliopsida order Caryophyllales family Amaranthaceae genus Amaranthus Name Homonyms Amaranthus L. Amaranthus Müller, 1766 Amaranthus Kunth, 1818 Amaranthus Adanson