Checklist: Amaranthaceae

AMARANTHACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of taxa generated from the database. Genera and species which are purely cultivated have been excluded.

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CHENOPODIACEAE 
Literature:  
Brenan, J.P.M. (1988) Chenopodiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1)  
Townsend, C.C. (1988) Amaranthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1)  
  
NamesFZ Divisions
  
SERICOSTACHYS Gilg & Lopr. 
Sericostachys scandens Gilg & Lopr.
  
2292.000 CELOSIA L. 
  
2293.000 HERMBSTAEDTIA Rchb. 
  
2299.000 AMARANTHUS L. 
  
2309.010 CENTEMOPSIS Schinz 
  
2312.000 CYATHULA Blume 
  
2314.000 PUPALIA A. Juss. 
Pupalia lappacea (L.) A. Juss.
var. velutina (Moq.) Hook. f.
Achyranthes mollis Thonn.
Desmochaeta flavescens DC.
Pupalia distantiflora A. Rich.
Pupalia lappacea (L.) A. Juss. var. tomentosa (Peter) Suesseng.
Pupalia mollis (Thonn.) Moq.
Pupalia tomentosa Peter
Pupalia velutina Moq.
  
2317.000 AERVA Forssk. 
  
2318.000 NOTHOSAERVA Wight 
Nothosaerva brachiata (L.) Wight
Achyranthes brachiata L.
Aerva brachiata (L.) Mart.
Illecebrum brachiatum (L.) L.
  
2324.000 PSILOTRICHUM Blume 
Psilotrichum scleranthum Thwaites
Psilotrichum africanum Oliv.
Psilotrichum concinnum Baker
Psilotrichum trichophyllum Baker
  
2328.000 ACHYRANTHES L. 
  
2330.010 GUILLEMINEA Kunth 
BRAYULINEA Small 
*Guilleminea densa (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Moq.
Brayulinea densa (Willd.) Small
  
2335.000 ALTERNANTHERA Forssk. 
  
2338.000 GOMPHRENA L. 
*Gomphrena celosioides Mart.
Gomphrena alba Peter
Gomphrena globosa L. subsp. africana Stuchlik

Copyright: The Kenya flora team, 2026

The Kenya flora team (2026). Flora of Kenya: Checklist: Amaranthaceae].
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