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amaranth family

Family Amaranthaceae, which contains about 60 genera and more than 800 species of herbaceous plants and a few shrubs, trees, and vines, native to tropical America and Africa. Globe amaranth (Gomphrena) and cockscomb (Celosia) are cultivated as ornamentals. The large genus Amaranthus contains the ornamentals love-lies-bleeding (A. caudatus) and Joseph's-coat (A. tricolor), as well as many weedy plants known as pigweed, especially A. retroflexus. Some Amaranthus species are tumbleweeds, and some are potential high-protein grain crops.

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No references found			Some natives were unwelcome, like pigweed, which I warred against even though it is an edible member of the venerable amaranth family. SURROUNDED BY WILDFLOWERS by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) The seabeach amaranth was listed as a threatened species in 1993 and is perhaps the only globally rare member of the typically weedy and economically important amaranth family (Amaranthaceae). Bringing back a fugitive by Randall, Johnny / Endangered Species Update			Amanat Amanda amandla Amandus Henrich Adamson Amangeldy Imanov Amanita Amanita Vaginata Amanov, Bazar amantadine Amantai, Abdulla Amantai, Abdulla Gareevich amanthophilous Amanullah Amanullah Khan Amanus Amanz Gressly Amanzholov, Kasim Amanzholov, Kasim Rakhimzhanovich Amapa Amapá Amapala Amar Das Amara Amara's law amaranth amaranth family Amaranthaceae amarantite Amarapura Amaravati Amaravati sculpture Amari, Michele Amariah amarillite Amarillo Amarna Amarna, Tell el- Amarnath Yatra Amaryllidaceae amaryllis amaryllis family Amasa Amasai Amashai Amashukeli, Elgudzha Amashukeli, Elgudzha Davidovich Amasiah Amasis I Amasis II Amasis' AMASS			Amapala Amapala, Honduras AMAPCEO AMAPN AMAPOR AMAPS AMAQ Amaquemecan Amar Amar Amar Amar Amar Chitra Katha Amar Das Amar Mahal Museum and Library Amara Amara Global Services Amara International Hotels and Resorts Private Limited Amara Raja Batteries Limited Amara Raja Batteries Ltd Amara's law Amaracus Amarant Amarant Amarantaceous Amarante amaranth amaranth amaranth amaranth amaranth family Amaranthaceae Amaranthaceae amaranthaceous amaranthine amaranthine amaranthine Amaranths Amaranths Amaranthus Amaranthus Amaranthus Amaranthus albus Amaranthus blitum Amaranthus caudatus Amaranthus caudatus Amaranthus caudatus Amaranthus cruentis Amaranthus cruentus Amaranthus cruentus Amaranthus graecizans Amaranthus hybridus Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus Amaranthus hypochondriaca Amaranthus hypochondriacus Amaranthus palmeri Amaranthus paniculatus Amaranthus retroflexus Amaranthus retroflexus Amaranthus spinosus

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