Author:
Qjure
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-663.50.00
Amaranthaceae
English: Amaranth family; Pigweed family.
Botany: flowers subtended by papery bracts.
Taxonomy
Amaranthaceae represent the most species-rich lineage within the flowering plant order of Caryophyllales. Now including the former goosefoot family, Chenopodiaceae; the extended family contains approximately 180 genera and 2500 species.