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Amaranthus L.

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Amaranthus L., Sp. Pl. 989-991 (1753)
Amaranthus L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
989-991
ICN
Amaranthus L.
genus
Amaranthus

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Amaranthus

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Amaranthus L.

Annual, rarely perennial, usually monoecious, sometimes dioecious, prostrate to erect herbs. Lvs alternate, entire. Infl. cymose, composed of axillary or terminal spikes; spikes sessile or pedunculate, solitary or clustered (paniculate). Fls densely arranged and each subtended by a bract and 2 bracteoles; bracts and bracteoles occasionally spiny, often varying in length in each cymose cluster. Tepals (2)-3 or (4)-5, membranous, green, brown, red, or hyaline, persistent. Stamens as many as tepals, free; staminodes 0. Stylar branches 2-3-(4), with stigmatic surface to near base; ovule 1, sessile. Fr. dry, membranous, indehiscent, or dehiscent and circumscissile; pericarp usually smooth, enclosed in persistent perianth. Seed usually glossy, smooth and black or dark brown.

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Amaranthus L.
Amaranthus
Amaranthus L.

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Amaranthus L.
New Zealand
Amaranthus L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Amaranthus L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Amaranthus L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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1 January 2000
26 August 2008
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