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|name = Amaranthaceae
 
|image = Amaranthus retroflexus full1.jpg
 
|image_caption = ''[[Amaranthus retroflexus]]''
 
|regnum = [[Plantae]]
 
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
 
|unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
 
|unranked_ordo = [[Core eudicots]]
 
|ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
 
|familia = '''Amaranthaceae'''
 
|familia_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]]
 
|type_genus = ''[[Amaranthus]]''
 
|type_genus_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
 
|subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies
 
|subdivision = *[[Amaranthoideae]]
 
*[[Gomphrenoideae]]
 
*[[Betoideae]]
 
*[[Camphorosmoideae]]
 
*[[Chenopodioideae]]
 
*[[Corispermoideae]]
 
*[[Polycnemoideae]]
 
*[[Salicornioideae]]
 
*[[Salsoloideae]]
 
*[[Suaedoideae]]
 
|}}
 
 
 
'''Amaranthaceae''' is a family of [[flowering plants]] known as the [[amaranth]] family. It now includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae, and contains a high diversity of edible plants, from supermarket staples to nutritious "weeds".
 
 
 
Some species, such as [[spinach]] (''[[Spinacia oleracea]]'') or forms of [[Beta (plant)|beet]] (''[[Beta vulgaris]]'') ([[beetroot]], [[chard]]), are used as [[vegetable]]s. Forms of ''Beta vulgaris'' include fodder beet (''[[Mangelwurzel]]'') and [[sugar beet]]. The seeds of ''[[Amaranthus]]'', [[lamb's quarters]] (''Chenopodium berlandieri''), [[quinoa]] (''Chenopodium quinoa'') and [[kañiwa]] (''Chenopodium pallidicaule'') are edible and are used as [[pseudocereals]].
 
 
 
''[[Dysphania ambrosioides]]'' (epazote) and ''Dysphania anthelmintica'' are used as [[medicinal herbs]].
 
 
 
== Systematics ==
 
[[File:Cladogramm Amaranthaceae.jpg|thumb|left|280px|Cladogram of Amaranthaceae ''s.l.'', modified and simplified, based on phylogenetic research of Müller & Borsch 2005, Kadereit ''et al.'' 2006, Sanchez del-Pino'' et al.'' 2009]]
 
 
 
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=== Genera ===
 
A short synoptic list of genera is given here. For further and more detailed information, see the subfamily pages.
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
! Subfamily !! Genera
 
|-
 
| [[Amaranthoideae]]
 
|| ''[[Achyranthes]]'', ''[[Achyropsis]]'', ''[[Aerva]]'', ''[[Allmania]]'', ''[[Allmaniopsis]]'', ''[[Amaranthus]]'', ''[[Arthraerua]]'', ''[[Bosea (plant)|Bosea]]'', ''[[Calicorema]]'', ''[[Celosia]]'', ''[[Centema]]'', ''[[Centemopsis]]'', ''[[Centrostachys]]'', ''[[Chamissoa]]'', ''[[Charpentiera]]'', ''[[Chionothrix]]'', ''[[Cyathula]]'', ''[[Dasysphaera]]'', ''[[Deeringia]]'', ''[[Digera]]'', ''[[Eriostylos]]'', ''[[Henonia]]'', ''[[Herbstia]]'', ''[[Hermbstaedtia]]'', ''[[Indobanalia]]'', ''[[Kelita (Amaranthaceae)|Kelita]]'', ''[[Kyphocarpa]]'', ''[[Lagrezia]]'', ''[[Lecosia]]'', ''[[Leucosphaera]]'', ''[[Lopriorea]]'', ''[[Marcelliopsis]]'',''[[Mechowia]]'', ''[[Nelsia]]'', ''[[Neocentema]]'', ''[[Nothosaerva]]'', ''[[Nyssanthes]]'', ''[[Omegandra]]'', ''[[Pandiaka]]'',  ''[[Pleuropetalum]]'', ''[[Pleuropterantha]]'', ''[[Polyrhabda]]'', ''[[Pseudosericocoma]]'', ''[[Psilotrichopsis]]'', ''[[Psilotrichum]]'', ''[[Ptilotus]]'', ''[[Pupalia]]'', ''[[Rosifax]]'', ''[[Saltia]]'', ''[[Sericocoma]]'', ''[[Sericocomopsis]]'', ''[[Sericorema]]'', ''[[Sericostachys]]'', ''[[Stilbanhtus]]'', ''[[Trichuriella]]'', ''[[Volkensinia]], [[Wadithamnus]]''
 
|-
 
| [[Gomphrenoideae]] || ''[[Alternanthera]]'', ''[[Blutaparon]]'', ''[[Froelichia]]'', ''[[Froelichiella]]'', ''[[Gomphrena]]'', ''[[Gossypianthus]]'', ''[[Guilleminea]]'', ''[[Hebanthe]]'', ''[[Hebanthodes]]'', ''[[Irenella]]'', ''[[Iresine]]'', ''[[Lithophila]]'', ''[[Pedersenia]]'', ''[[Pfaffia]]'', ''[[Pseudogomphrena]]'', ''[[Pseudoplantago]]'', ''[[Quaternella]]'', ''[[Tidestromia]]'', ''[[Woehleria]]'', ''[[Xerosiphon]]''
 
|-
 
| [[Betoideae]] ||''[[Acroglochin]]'', ''[[Aphanisma]]'', ''[[Beta (plant)|Beta]]'', ''[[Hablitzia]]'', ''[[Oreobliton]]'', ''[[Patellifolia]]''
 
|-
 
| [[Camphorosmoideae]] || ''[[Bassia]]'', ''[[Camphorosma]]'', ''[[Chenolea]]'', ''[[Didymanthus]]'', ''[[Dissocarpus]]'', ''[[Enchylaena]]'', ''[[Eokochia]]'', ''[[Eremophea]]'', ''[[Eriochiton]]'', ''[[Grubovia]]'', ''[[Maireana]]'', ''[[Malacocera]]'', ''[[Neobassia]]'', ''[[Neokochia]]'', ''[[Osteocarpum]]'', ''[[Roycea]]'', ''[[Sclerolaena]]'', ''[[Sedobassia]]'', ''[[Spirobassia]]'', ''[[Threlkeldia]]''
 
|-
 
| [[Chenopodioideae]] || ''[[Archiatriplex]]'', ''[[Atriplex]]'', ''[[Axyris]]'', ''[[Baolia]]'', ''[[Blitum]]'', ''[[Ceratocarpus]]'', ''[[Chenopodiastrum]]'', ''[[Chenopodium]]'', ''[[Cycloloma]]'', ''[[Dysphania (plant)|Dysphania]]'', ''Exomis'', ''[[Extriplex]]'', ''[[Grayia (plant)|Grayia]]'', ''[[Halimione]]'', ''[[Holmbergia]]'', ''[[Krascheninnikovia]]'', ''[[Lipandra]]'', ''[[Manochlamys]]'', ''[[Microgynoecium]]'', ''[[Micromonolepis]]'', ''[[Oxybasis]]'', ''[[Proatriplex]]'', ''[[Spinacia]]'', ''[[Stutzia]]'', ''[[Suckleya]]'', ''[[Teloxys]]''
 
|-
 
| [[Corispermoideae]] || ''[[Agriophyllum]]'',  ''[[Anthochlamys]]'',  ''[[Corispermum]]''
 
|-
 
| [[Polycnemoideae]] || ''[[Hemichroa (plant)|Hemichroa]]'',  ''[[Nitrophila]]'',  ''[[Polycnemum]]'', ''[[Surreya]]''
 
|-
 
| [[Salicornioideae]] || ''[[Allenrolfea]]'', ''[[Arthrocnemum]]'',  ''[[Halocnemum]]'', ''[[Halopeplis]]'', ''[[Halostachys]]'', ''[[Heterostachys]]'', ''[[Kalidium]]'', ''[[Microcnemum]]'', ''[[Salicornia]]'', ''[[Sarcocornia]]'', ''[[Tecticornia]]''
 
|-
 
| [[Salsoloideae]] || ''[[Anabasis (plant)|Anabasis]]'', ''[[Arthrophytum]]'', ''[[Caroxylon]]'', ''[[Climacoptera]]'', ''[[Cornulaca]]'', ''[[Cyathobasis]]'', ''[[Fredolia]]'', ''[[Girgensohnia]]'', ''[[Halarchon]]'', ''[[Halimocnemis]]'', ''[[Halocharis]]'', ''[[Halogeton]]'', ''[[Halothamnus]]'', ''[[Haloxylon]]'', ''[[Hammada]]'', ''[[Horaninowia]]'', ''[[Iljinia]]'', ''[[Kali (plant)|Kali]]'', ''[[Kaviria]]'', ''[[Lagenantha]]'', ''[[Nanophyton]]'', ''[[Noaea]]'', ''[[Nucularia]]'', ''[[Ofaiston]]'', ''[[Petrosimonia]]'', ''[[Piptoptera]]'', ''[[Physandra]]'', ''[[Pyankovia]]'', ''[[Rhaphidophyton]]'', ''[[Salsola]]'', ''[[Sympegma]]'', ''[[Traganum]]'', ''[[Traganopsis]]'', ''[[Turania (plant)|Turania]]'', ''[[Xylosalsola]]''
 
|-
 
| [[Suaedoideae]] || ''[[Bienertia]]'', ''[[Suaeda]]''
 
|}
 
 
 
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[[Category:Amaranthaceae| ]]
 
[[Category:Caryophyllales families]]
 

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