Amaranthaceae

Genera 64 Accepted species 765 Documented here 139 Coverage 18%

We document 139 of the 765 accepted species in Amaranthaceae. The rest are listed, with their authorities and their identifiers, inside their genus. They have no page of their own because we could not find three openly licensed photographs of them, and a page without evidence is not a page we are willing to publish.

Genera we document 31 of 64

GenusDocumentedAccepted species
Amaranthus 26 105
Alternanthera 20 136
Gomphrena 20 139
Ptilotus 11 17
Iresine 10 39
Cyathula 6 40
Celosia 5 51
Froelichia 5 15
Pfaffia 4 28
Achyranthes 3 20
Deeringia 3 10
Hermbstaedtia 3 13
Ouret 3 8
Nyssanthes 2 2
Tidestromia 2 6
Aerva 1 9
Allmania 1 1
Arthraerua 1 1
Bosea 1 3
Calicorema 1 2
Chamissoa 1 2
Digera 1 1
Echinocyathula 1 1
Guilleminea 1 7
Kyphocarpa 1 3
Leucosphaera 1 1
Pleuropetalum 1 3
Psilotrichum 1 16
Pupalia 1 3
Sericocoma 1 3
Trichuriella 1 1

Genera we do not yet document 33 genera

Real genera, accepted by World Flora Online, for which we have not yet found three commercially licensed photographs of any species. They are listed rather than hidden.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Family circumscription, accepted names, authorities. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.